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A small protest around Horshat Tal junction in northern Israel’s Golan Heights. (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox)
Posted inAnalysis

Small-town Israelis strive to be heard, protesting anywhere anyone will see them

Mira Fox by Mira Fox August 8, 2023August 8, 2023
A protester’s sign reads “Yes to Torah, no to dictatorah.” (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox)
Posted inAnalysis

Scenes and sounds from a raucous night of protests in Jerusalem

Mira Fox by Mira Fox August 7, 2023August 7, 2023
Students say the Shabbat blessings at SF Hillel's "Shabbat Sha-Blessings" pop-up event at USF in fall of 2022. (Photo/Courtesy S.F. Hillel)
Posted inLocal Voice

Some Jewish college students face a more basic problem than antisemitism: hunger

Roger Feigelson by Roger Feigelson August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
Members of Jewish Youth for Climate Justice at the Sept. 20, 2019, climate protest in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inLetters

The kids are right to be concerned about climate justice

by J. Readers August 1, 2023August 1, 2023
Ewa Gavrielov demonstrates in a Hebrew T-shirt that reads "Savtot lema'an hademokratiya" — "Grandmothers for Democracy" at a protest organized by UnExptable in front of Israel's San Francisco consulate, July 25, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why aren’t American Jews joining Israeli expats in the streets?

David BialeRachel Biale by David Biale and Rachel Biale July 31, 2023July 31, 2023
Israeli expats and allies protest the Netanyahu government's proposed judicial reforms outside of the Israeli consulate in San Francisco, July 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy UnXeptable)
Posted inOpinion

The fight over Israel’s democratic soul began decades ago

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Left: "The Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem" by Francesco Hayez, 1867. Right: US Navy photo by Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl.
Posted inOpinion

I lost my family home in a fire. Tisha B’Av is a chance to mourn many losses.

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant July 26, 2023July 26, 2023
Raggedy Ann filled Janet Silver Ghent with joy when she was a girl. But by the time she was a mom, it was tough to stave off Barbie. (Photo/wallpaperflare.com CC0)
Posted inSeniors

I couldn’t keep Barbie out of the house, but my son had a solution

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent July 25, 2023July 26, 2023
Director Susan Stern and her daughter Nora playing with Barbies around the time "Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour" came out 25 years ago. (Photo/Courtesy Stern)
Posted inLocal Voice

When I made a Barbie movie 25 years ago, I didn’t realize she (and I) were in a closet

Susan Stern by Susan Stern July 21, 2023July 21, 2023
Two girls wear banners with the slogan "Abolish child slavery" in English and Yiddish, probably taken during May 1, 1909 labor parade in New York City. (Photo/JTA-Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division)
Posted inFirst Person

How Yiddish taught me to embrace the joy and defiance of being queer

Noa Baron by Noa Baron July 20, 2023

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