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(Illustration/JTA-Grace Yagel; Photo/JTA-Erik Marmor-Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

‘Two Israels’: What’s really behind the judicial reform protests

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA April 10, 2023April 19, 2023
Los Altos High School in May 2020 (Photo/Wikimedia-Ovinus Real CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inOpinion

Jews should oppose radical ethnic studies curriculum in Silicon Valley schools

David Bernstein by David Bernstein April 5, 2023April 7, 2023
Shalita Corndog and Mina J’Moi lead drag bingo on Purim at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mychal Copeland)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why my synagogue hosted a drag story hour for Purim

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland April 4, 2023April 5, 2023
(Photo/Freepik)
Posted inOpinion

Critical thinking: embedded in Judaism, desperately needed in society

Louis E. Newman by Louis E. Newman March 30, 2023
The Cesar Chavez Student Center at San Francisco State University. (Photo/Wikimedia-Briantrejo CC)
Posted inLetters

Free speech at S.F. State; ‘Love for all Jews’ has a limit; etc.

by J. Readers March 29, 2023
a row of small trans flags along a curb
Posted inLocal Voice

Trans Day of Visibility: Legal protections for trans people are long overdue

Rabbi Eliana Kayelle by Rabbi Eliana Kayelle March 27, 2023
Temple Sinai in Oakland in 1914
Posted inFrom the Archives

J. archives bring humanity of Bay Area Jewish history to life

Doug Kahn by Rabbi Doug Kahn March 23, 2023March 24, 2023
From "Elijah's Ascension" by Gustave Doré, 1865
Posted inLocal Voice

Who is Elijah anyway? And will he be at your seder this year?

Daniel C. Matt by Daniel C. Matt March 21, 2023
a collage of different cover art for "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" from over the years
Posted inBooks

How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Emily Schneider by Emily Schneider and JTA March 21, 2023
Daveed Diggs as a rabbi grappling with climate chance in "Extrapolations." (Photo/Courtesy Apple TV+)
Posted inOpinion

What Apple TV+’s ‘Extrapolations’ says about the Jewish future in a changed climate

by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn March 20, 2023April 5, 2023

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