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The United States Postal Service's 2022 Hanukkah stamp (left) and 2023 Ruth Bader Ginsburg stamp
Posted inOpinion

From Hanukkah to RBG, 5783 is shaping up to be a great year for Jewish stamp collectors

Paul Golin by Paul Golin November 1, 2022November 1, 2022
Anabelle Sebbag (left) and Sophie Berman are freshmen at UC Berkeley.
Posted inLocal Voice

We’re Berkeley freshmen and we’re here to save the world from climate change

Anabelle SebbagSophie Berman by Anabelle Sebbag and Sophie Berman October 31, 2022November 1, 2022
Peering into San Leandro's "Little Shul," the oldest standing synagogue building in California. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inHealth

Life expectancy in the U.S. is falling. Can religion help you live longer?

by Dr. Jerry Saliman October 31, 2022October 31, 2022
Paul and Sharry Schwarzbart on Yom Kippur morning, 2022.
Posted inFirst Person

An 89-year-old survivor reflects on his ‘different’ life

by Paul Schwarzbart October 28, 2022
The author (right) and her daughter, Niki Ghent Wickenhiser, at a family birthday celebration Oct. 15 at Il Fornaio in Palo Alto.
Posted inSeniors

Who is that stranger in the mirror? It’s me at 80.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Stow Lake is named for William W. Stow, speaker of the Assembly in 1855 who railed against the state’s Jews. (Photos/Wikimedia Commons, Souvenir Evening Post; Collage/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Cal parent weighs in on Berkeley Law; Change name of Stow Lake; etc.

by J. Readers October 27, 2022October 27, 2022
Post-tashlich Shabbat service at the Peninsula JCC's Hamlin Garden, led by (from left) Cantor Doron Shapira, Rabbi Laurie Matzkin, musician Michael Battat and Rabbi Lisa Kingston.
Posted inFirst Person

Kicking off 5783 with spirituality and community on the Peninsula

Rabbi Laurie Matzkin by Rabbi Laurie Matzkin October 26, 2022October 27, 2022
Republican Jewish Coalition members listen to a prerecorded video from Donald Trump, in the Venetian resort in Las Vegas, Nov. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inAnalysis

Does Trump hate Jews, or just ‘bad Jews’?

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA October 25, 2022
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inLocal Voice

At Berkeley Law, Israel is trapped in the identity politics of the progressive left

Eugene Bardach by Eugene Bardach October 24, 2022October 24, 2022
Paula Kabalo, a visiting professor at UC Berkeley's Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies teaching a seminar.
Posted inLocal Voice

Silencing voices on Israel at Berkeley Law disadvantages all students

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca Golbert October 20, 2022October 20, 2022

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