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A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder
Posted inFirst Person

The power of Passover, and of grandparents

by Sue Fishkoff April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
an illustration of a traditional seder plate, with olives, a sunflower, an artichoke and an orange next to it
Posted inUncategorized

A sunflower for Ukraine? A tomato for farmworkers? Here’s why I’m sticking to the basics on my Passover seder plate.

Rabbi Sari Laufer by Rabbi Sari Laufer and JTA April 14, 2022April 14, 2022
Julia White
Posted inYouth Voice

For questions about identity, I’ve written my own haggadah

Julia White by Julia White April 13, 2022
Rabbi Camille Shira Angel at University of San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inUncategorized

Say Gay! Say Lesbian! If It’s Safe for You, Come Out and Feel Proud!

by Rabbi Camille Shira Angel April 12, 2022April 14, 2022
Amy Schumer stars as Beth (left) and Laura Benanti plays her mother, Jane, in "Life & Beth." (Photo/RNS-Marcus Price-Hulu)
Posted inFirst Person

Amy Schumer is more Jewish than her new show is willing to admit

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS April 12, 2022
Activists with the Jewish climate change group Dayenu at a New York City event in April 2021. (Photo/JTA-Gili Getz)
Posted inLocal Voice

This Passover we’re targeting BlackRock’s ‘schmutzy’ climate record in S.F.

Gaby Cohen by Gaby Cohen April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
JOC leaders invited to a think tank convened by the Leichtag Foundation in September 2016, including Ilana Kaufman (top right)
Posted inOpinion

Despite 10 years of promises, Jewish leaders have failed to make space for Jews of color

Ilana Kaufman by Ilana Kaufman and Forward April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
A recent picture of Chesa Boudin, a smiling white man in a suit, superimposed over a picture of him as a young boy reading
Posted inLocal Voice

Chesa Boudin: How Passover themes I learned as a child guide me as San Francisco DA today 

Chesa Boudin by Chesa Boudin April 8, 2022April 8, 2022
Ukrainian refugees arrive at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland. (Photo/Eyal Warsavsky for Jewish Federations of North America)
Posted inLocal Voice

Our recent mission to Poland is a Passover story and call to action

Joy Sisisky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins)Arthur Slepian by Joy Sisisky and Arthur Slepian April 7, 2022April 11, 2022
Ukrainian troops seen during exercises in Kyiv, Jan. 22, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sean Gallup-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I am a Ukrainian Jew. I have lost my mother to Russian disinformation

Michael Rozhkov by Michael Rozhkov and Forward April 6, 2022

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