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Rabbi Mona Alfi and Cantor Julie Steinberg saying the blessing over bread at a Shabbat dinner their synagogue hosted for members and migrants sent to Sacramento by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. (Photo/Courtesy B'nai Israel)
Posted inLetters

Sacramento Jews are ‘the helpers’; You’re never too old for Zumba; Etc.

by J. Readers July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
A sign posted outside Meadowbrook, a privately owned swimming club in Baltimore City, ca. 1942-1944. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jewish Museum of Maryland)
Posted inUncategorized

The Supreme Court ruled that discrimination is protected speech. As children of Holocaust survivors, we understand where this leads.

Menachem Z. RosensaftEva Fogelman by Menachem Z. Rosensaft and Eva Fogelman July 18, 2023July 18, 2023
Fran Drescher speaks at the 2018 Arizona Ultimate Women's Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo/Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

Why Fran Fine — sorry, Fran Drescher — is the Jewish union queen we all needed

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 17, 2023July 17, 2023
A common globe thistle blooms near barbed wire at Gamla, in northern Israel. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inLocal Voice

Israel’s contradictions are more obvious than ever — and that’s OK

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner July 14, 2023July 18, 2023
Claes Cornelisz Moeyaert, "Moses Ordering the Slaughter of the Midianites," 1650 (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inTorah

The Torah cannot justify revenge attacks in the West Bank

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg July 13, 2023July 14, 2023
The author, Paul Bendix (right), with fellow disabled passenger Brian Clark aboard the Queen Mary 2. (Photo/Richard Bendix)
Posted inOpinion

Judy Heumann changed the lives of disabled people like me — on land and even at sea

Paul Bendix (Photo/Courtesy) by Paul Bendix July 12, 2023July 12, 2023
Jonah Hill in "You People"
Posted inCulture

Jonah Hill’s therapy-speak exposes the dark side of the Nice Jewish Boy

Mira Fox by Mira Fox July 11, 2023July 11, 2023
A marcher holds a "Trans Jews belong here" sign at the 2023 San Francisco Pride Parade. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inOpinion

Nonbinary genders beyond ‘male’ and ‘female’ would have been no surprise to ancient rabbis

Sarah Imhoff by Sarah Imhoff July 10, 2023
Ahbir Ben Israel, a priest in the African Hebrew Israelite community, has lived in Israel without status for more than 30 years. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inAnalysis

‘I’m not just visiting’: More African Hebrew Israelites win fight against deportation, but larger struggle continues

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten July 7, 2023December 3, 2023
Adnan Jaber and Israeli politician Tsipi Livni at an event in Israel, June 19, 2023.
Posted inFirst Person

Tech put this Palestinian activist on a path to build peace

by Sue Fishkoff July 7, 2023July 14, 2023

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