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Three women stand side-by-side in matching purple Hebrew-Arabic t-shirts
Posted inOpinion

Jews and Arabs hoped to fill a truck with aid for Gaza civilians. We ended up filling 300.

Havivia Ner-David (JTA) by Haviva Ner-David August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inLetters

Israel bias at the doctor’s office; Appreciating James Tissot; Etc.

by J. Readers August 23, 2024August 23, 2024
Kamala Harris addresses the 2020 Democratic National Convention. (Lawrence Jackson/Biden for President CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Kamala Harris did the impossible, and said exactly the right thing about Israel and Gaza

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman August 23, 2024August 23, 2024
High school students tour the Holocaust Museum LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 26, 2022. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

As a Holocaust educator, I’ve grappled with same questions Tim Walz explored — and that’s reassuring

by Mike Soffer August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
They stand at a podium on a stage, both wearing a piece of tape on their shirt with number 320 on it
Posted inBay Area

Watch American-Israeli hostage family Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin bring the DNC to tears

by Forward August 22, 2024September 2, 2024
A mile from the DNC, a tribute to the Israeli hostages features a 22-foot replica of the bloody sweatpants worn by 19-year-old Naama Levy, one of the 100-plus Israelis still in captivity in Gaza. (Jodi Rudoren/Forward)
Posted inOpinion

A mile from the DNC, a giant pair of bloody sweatpants evokes the horror of Oct. 7

Jodi Rudoren by Jodi Rudoren August 22, 2024August 22, 2024
a row of men sitting in synagogue wearing kippahs, seen from the back
Posted inLocal Voice

We need allies in the fight against antisemitism — and we can’t take them for granted

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
A student wears a "Bring Them Home Now" tag at Stanford University, May 12, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

Right-wing nationalists have hijacked the Israel I love

Steve Einstein (Courtesy) by Steve Einstein August 20, 2024August 20, 2024
Then-President Donald J. Trump with Elon Musk at the Kennedy Space Center Launch Control Center in Cape Canaveral, May 30, 2020,  (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead)
Posted inOpinion

The Elon Musk-Donald Trump love fest was short on facts — and long on attacks on Jews

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman August 13, 2024August 13, 2024
Several people hug each other, seen from behing
Posted inLocal Voice

At a time of loss and grief, this Jewish ritual says you don’t have to go it alone

Rabbi Adina Allen by Rabbi Adina Allen August 12, 2024August 12, 2024

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