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Bob Stein holds up the banner for recently formed Congregation Sha'ar Zahav in June 1979 during the San Francisco Gay Freedom Day Parade. (Photo/Joe Altman-California Historical Society)
Posted inFirst Person

An inside look at the history of Sha’ar Zahav, San Francisco’s LGBTQ synagogue

Ron Lezell by Ron Lezell March 8, 2022March 8, 2022
Zahra Billoo speaks at the Jan. 2018 Women's March in San Francisco. (Photo/Wikimedia-Pax Ahimsa Gethen CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inLetters

Myopia on race; Zahra Billoo was wronged; Can’t stop Russia

by J. Readers March 7, 2022
Refugees from Ukraine on the border with Slovakia, Feb. 26, 2022. (Photo/Fotoreserg-Depositphoto)
Posted inFirst Person

The past is not the future for Ukrainian Jews

Joshua Meyers by Joshua Meyers March 2, 2022March 7, 2022
Japanese American children being relocated to internment camps, 1942.
(Photo/Russell Lee-Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.)
Posted inUncategorized, Local Voice

Jewish values, a judge and Japanese American internment

Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce by Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce March 2, 2022March 7, 2022
Kontractova square, Kyiv, Ukraine July 13, 2019. (Photo/Maksym Kozlenko via Wikicommons)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I’m in mourning for hope and democracy in Ukraine

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca Golbert February 24, 2022
Jared Armstrong (left) took part in a Birthright Israel trip in 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Jared Armstrong)
Posted inOpinion

Israel’s never-ending, and very human, ‘Who Is a Jew?’ saga

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA February 24, 2022February 22, 2022
Viola Davis in the film adaptation of "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTheater

‘Difficult literature is more important than ever’: Why we’re bringing Black plays to Jewish schools

by Kendell Pinkney & Lonnie Firestone and Forward February 23, 2022February 24, 2022
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inOpinion

After being taken hostage in Colleyville, here’s how I’m fighting racism

Jeffrey R. Cohen by Jeffrey R. Cohen and JTA February 22, 2022February 22, 2022
Art Spiegelman's graphic novel "Maus" on sale at a French bookstore in 2017. (Photo/JTA-ActuaLitté-Flickr Commons)
Posted inLetters

The ‘Maus’ hole; Sexual abuse at Camp Arazim; J. archives are a treasure; etc.

by J. Readers February 18, 2022
Sue Barnett in Rosh Hanikra, northern Israel, on her confirmation trip in 1975.
Posted inFirst Person

A search for myself in our newly digitized archives kicks up the Jewish dust

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett February 17, 2022April 19, 2026

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