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If the CJPA passes, it's possible you won't see much of anything when you go looking for us on Google.
Posted inOpinion

This bill could harm the cause of good journalism in California

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Yitzhak Shamir, then Israel's foreign minister, in 1984. (Photo/Yoni Salinger-Dan Hadani collection-National Library of Israel-The Pritzker Family National Photography Collection CC BY 4.0)
Posted inOpinion

In 1991, Iraq attacked. Israel’s far-right leader didn’t retaliate. Is Netanyahu capable of the same wise choice?

Larry Cohler-Esses by Larry Cohler-Esses April 15, 2024
Lisa Kokin's "Red Line" will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's upcoming California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Kokin)
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m an anti-Zionist Jewish artist who believes it’s important to stand with CJM

Lisa Kokin (Photo/Courtesy) by Lisa Kokin April 12, 2024April 12, 2024
A protester holds a sign saying "Abortion bans are against my religion" at the May 2022 Jewish Rally For Abortion Justice in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker via Getty)
Posted inOpinion

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand April 11, 2024April 11, 2024
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Posted inOpinion

How to talk about the elephant in the room at this year’s seder

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg April 10, 2024
a man wearing a yarmulke, seen from behind
Posted inOpinion

Antisemitism is increasing — but the growing panic about it isn’t a reflection of reality

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson April 8, 2024
Jewish Voice for Peace organized a protest outside of the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area’s 75th anniversary gala in San Francisco, March 10, 2024. (Photo/Jo Ellen Green Kaiser)
Posted inLocal Voice

For American Jews, the six months since Oct. 7 have intensified what already divided us

Marc Dollinger by Marc Dollinger April 5, 2024
close up of a Berkeley sweatshirt with a yellow ribbon pin and a "Bring Them Home" dog tag worn over it
Posted inLocal Voice

In Berkeley and beyond, we can’t let antisemitism define our Jewishness

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon April 2, 2024
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Posted inLocal Voice

Jewish professionals and teachers are cracking under the weight of pandemic and war

Dana Sheanin (Photo/Courtesy Jewish LearningWorks) by Dana Sheanin April 1, 2024April 1, 2024
"The rubble of Gaza looks like the rubble of the Warsaw Ghetto after the uprising," writes Miriam Zimmerman.
Posted inOpinion

‘Wounded child, no surviving family’ — 1944 in Europe or 2024 in Gaza?

Miriam Zimmerman by Miriam Zimmerman March 29, 2024March 29, 2024

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