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Big crowd at a vigil for Pittsburgh shooting victims the day after the attack (Photo/Maya Mirsky)
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Despite a bomb threat at my Bay Area synagogue, I still feel safer among my fellow Jews

Natalie Bivas by Natalie Bivas January 9, 2024
Harvard Yard and the Harvard Library in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Photo/DeviantArt-Cyclical Core CC BY-SA 3.0)
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How culture warriors weaponized Jewish grief and forced Harvard’s president to resign

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson January 2, 2024January 2, 2024
Posted inBay Area

The top 10 Bay Area Jewish news stories of 2023

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 29, 2023December 29, 2023
A pink-haired parody of a Berkeley progressive corrects her fellow "Three Wise Persons" on gender politics in a recent video from the Israeli sketch comedy series "Eretz Nehederet." (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inAnalysis

Viral videos about Bay Area antisemitism blur the line between reality and satire

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 29, 2023January 3, 2024
A sea of signs demanding the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza at the March for Israel in Washington, Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC Bay Area)
Posted inOpinion

After Oct. 7, I finally understand what my mom was trying to tell me

by Melissa Freed Cohen December 29, 2023January 3, 2024
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo/World Economic Forum-Jolanda Flubacher via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Netanyahu’s one job was to prevent this catastrophe. Instead, he destroyed Israel as we know it

by Bradley Burston December 29, 2023December 29, 2023
Students and Hillel associates paint and chat during commUNITY, a session of healing through art and prayer, at SF Hillel in San Francisco on Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOpinion

Jewish college students can’t escape the politics of Oct. 7

Roger Feigelson by Roger Feigelson December 22, 2023December 26, 2023
Placard states AJS and Association for Jewish Studies
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What is antisemitism? Jewish scholars at S.F. conference wrangle with past, present

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 22, 2023December 26, 2023
Signs held by members of the "peace bloc" who attended the March for Israel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inOpinion

The pro-Israel case for a negotiated end to the war in Gaza

Rabbi Jill Jacobs by Rabbi Jill Jacobs December 21, 2023December 21, 2023
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I packed away Christmas 35 years ago, but I still bring holiday joy to others

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent December 21, 2023December 21, 2023

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