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National Council of Jewish Women leaders and advocates rallied on the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court to show support for abortion access, Dec. 1, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy NCJW)
Posted inOpinion

What Jewish law really says about abortion

Ephraim Sherman by Ephraim Sherman and JTA May 3, 2022
Chesa Boudin celebrates his district attorney win, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/Natasha Florentino-Courtesy Boudin campaign)
Posted inLetters

Chesa Boudin is bad for S.F.; Coachella is bad for Passover; etc.

by J. Readers April 28, 2022
Hungarian Jews arrive at Auschwitz in 1944. (Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

I say their names. Every night. Not just on Yom HaShoah.

Anastasia Torres-Gil by Anastasia Torres-Gil April 27, 2022April 27, 2022
Naomi Tucker, executive director of Shalom Bayit, applauds a new ruling regarding get (Jewish religious divorce) refusal. (Photo/Amanda Martin)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

Yes, refusing to give a Jewish divorce is abuse

Naomi Tucker by Naomi Tucker April 26, 2022April 27, 2022
Klaas Mokgomole
Posted inOpinion

I’m South African. Calling Israel ‘apartheid’ puts the BS in BDS.

Klaas Mokgomole by Klaas Mokgomole April 22, 2022April 22, 2022
illustrative photo of rows of chairs in a synagogue
Posted inLocal Voice

An unexpected reminder of the wonder of a synagogue experience

Rabbi Darren Kleinberg by Rabbi Darren Kleinberg April 21, 2022
Part of the Passover Papyrus, written in Aramaic. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin)
Posted inOpinion

‘No beer on Passover, OK?’ —Jerusalem to Jewish soldiers in Egypt, 419 BCE

by Dr. Henry Abramson and Forward April 20, 2022April 21, 2022
Linda Bernstein's mother prepares for seder
Posted inFirst Person

Matzah memories with my mother

Linda Bernstein by Linda Bernstein April 20, 2022
The war in Ukraine was on the mind of Monique Joseph as she celebrated her 98th birthday.
Posted inUncategorized

As a Holocaust survivor, I feel angst over what’s going on in Ukraine 

Monique Joseph celebrating her 98th birthday in Berkeley, April 14, 2022. (Photo/Courtesy Nadine Joseph) by Monique Joseph April 18, 2022May 11, 2022
Hands holding an AIPAC flyer with an image of Donald Trump on it
Posted inLetters

AIPAC goes too far; Bat mitzvah memories; Dangers of the French right; etc.

by J. Readers April 18, 2022

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