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New York Police Department officers detain dozens of pro-Palestinian students at Columbia University after they barricaded themselves at the Hamilton Hall building, April 30, 2024. (Photo/JTA/Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Exhausted by the Israel discourse? Blame backlash fatigue.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 29, 2024
At Pinkas Synagogue in the Czech Republic, the Jews are gone, but their names remain: The walls are lined with names of Holocaust victims. (Photo/Karen Galatz)
Posted inThe Matzo Chronicles

My whirlwind European tour: tulips, inner turmoil and missing Jews

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz May 28, 2024May 28, 2024
Maya Mazin during a presentation on her family's World War II history at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School. (Photo/Courtesy Mazin)
Posted inYouth Voice

I feel lucky to attend a Jewish day school during such a tumultuous year

Maya Mazin (Photo/Courtesy) by Maya Mazin May 24, 2024May 24, 2024
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Israel made a terrible tactical blunder in targeting the AP — one it’s made many times before

by Dan Perry May 22, 2024
San Francisco State University students encircle activists building tents in the quad as part of a demonstration against the war in Gaza at SF State, April 29, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLetters

I felt welcome at tent encampments; Berkeley students deserve better; Etc.

by J. Readers May 16, 2024May 16, 2024
The scene outside La Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba, bedecked with Tunisian flags for the annual Lag B'Omer pilgrimage. (Photo/Adam Eilath)
Posted inFirst Person

A broken peace left my family’s heritage trip in shards

Adam Eilath by Adam Eilath May 10, 2024May 10, 2024
Drake performs at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto in 2016. (Photo/Flickr-The Come Up Show CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inFirst Person

Drake lost the Great Rap War of 2024 — and so did Jews

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 9, 2024May 13, 2024
A man in a T-shirt with a swastika and the phrase "white power" on it speaks during the Feb. 20, 2024 Walnut Creek City Council Meeting. (Screenshot/City of Walnut Creek via YouTube)
Posted inLocal Voice

I won’t stand by while white supremacists hijack my city council’s meetings

Jennie Chabon by Rabbi Cantor Jennie Chabon May 9, 2024
A protester holds a sign that reads “Divest” and “Free Palestine” in English and Spanish during a demonstration at San Francisco State University in April 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

Student protesters want universities to ‘divest’ from Israel. But how much have they actually invested?

Dany Bahar by Dany Bahar May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
black and white photo of a stack of newspapers
Posted inLocal Voice

This California bill could help save local journalism by taxing tech giants

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser May 8, 2024May 20, 2024

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