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Prime Minister Golda Meir (right) and Defense Minister Moshe Dayan (center) in 1973. (Photo/Ron Frenkel-Government Press Office)
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50 years later, one thing is clear: Golda Meir was a bad prime minister

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
Secular and religious activists argue after the Orthodox group Rosh Yehudi set up a gender divider during a public prayer on Dizengoff Square for Yom Kippur, Sept. 24, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash 90)
Posted inLocal Voice

Street fights over prayer offer liberal Israelis a chance to define a Judaism they can believe in

Masua Sagiv by Masua Sagiv October 4, 2023October 4, 2023
El Cerrito Mayor Pro Tem Tessa Rudnick (second from left) and the rest of the El Cerrito City Council hold up signs reading "El Cerrito stands united against hate." (Photo/Courtesy Rudnick)
Posted inLocal Voice

Stopping hate speech at local government meetings isn’t easy, but we aren’t helpless

by Tessa Rudnick October 3, 2023October 3, 2023
a black and white photo of Dianne Feinstein lighting a menorah
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Feinstein’s Jewish story was part of her political legacy

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 2, 2023January 25, 2024
the three sit on the ground
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Telling harsh truths about the occupation is not antisemitic

Rabbi David Cooper (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Rabbi David J. Cooper October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
Israeli Consul General Yaacov Sella (left) and Mayor Dianne Feinstein hang an Israeli flag from City Hall in 1986 to mark 38 years of Israeli independence. (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inOpinion

Dianne Feinstein was tenacious and contradictory — just like American Jews

Rabbi Jay Michaelson by Rabbi Jay Michaelson October 2, 2023October 2, 2023
Teens in bomb shelter at Kibbutz Kfar Blum during the Yom Kippur War, Oct. 1973. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Yoel Kahn)
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I arrived in Israel at age 5 — the day before the Yom Kippur War

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta September 28, 2023
James McBride (Photo/Chia Messina)
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Author James McBride’s anti-Mormon remarks contradict spirit of his new novel

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 28, 2023January 9, 2024
Ten-year old Naftali at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland before the Kol Nidrei service. (Photo/Forward-Kyla Kupferstein Torres)
Posted inOpinion

When my son wanted to go to synagogue, I worried…. what if he likes it?

by Kyla Kupferstein Torres September 28, 2023September 28, 2023
An architectural rendering of IKAR's planned synagogue building and affordable housing (the taller structure at right) in West L.A. (Illustration/Bestor Architecture-Courtesy IKAR)
Posted inLocal Voice

My synagogue is building affordable housing — and yours can, too

Brooke Wirtschafter by Brooke Wirtschafter September 27, 2023September 27, 2023

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