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Claude Cahun (Lucy Schwob), "Self-portrait,"  c.1925. (Courtesy collection of Leslie Tonkonow and Klaus Ottman)
Posted inUncategorized

The many selves of gender-bending artist and Nazi resister Claude Cahun

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller February 1, 2019February 6, 2019
a young man in glasses looks at the camera
Posted inNews

What it’s like to be a transgender Jew in the military now

Josefin Dolsten by JTA and Josefin Dolsten February 1, 2019February 1, 2019
Tomer Persico is a visiting professor at UC Berkeley and a Shalom Hartman Institute scholar-in-residence.
Posted inReligion

For Israeli scholar of New Age Judaism, there’s no place like Berkeley

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 1, 2019February 4, 2019
Professor Rabab Abdulhadi (center) demonstrate against a Lawfare Project lawsuit against SFSU in November 2017. (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

Palestinian SFSU prof’s lawsuit alleges discrimination, JCRC influence

by Rob Gloster January 31, 2019February 1, 2019
Théophile Joseph
Posted inHistory

Berkeley’s Théo Joseph, French Resistance fighter, dies at 98

Donna Rosenthal by Donna Rosenthal January 31, 2019January 31, 2019
From the cover of “Sara Berman’s Closet” by Maira Kalman and her son Alex
Posted inUncategorized

How our parents keep telling us who we are, even after they’re gone

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman January 30, 2019January 31, 2019
Cult Crackers co-owner Dianna Marguleas Dar with a batch of seed-filled crackers.
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Berkeley moms’ seed-filled Swedish crackers have a ‘cult’ following

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 30, 2019September 24, 2019
a smiling bald man
Posted inHealth

In Sunnyvale, this Israeli offers online therapy to every corner of the world

by Rob Gloster January 30, 2019August 29, 2022
Logan Ury (Photo/Ryan Lash-TED)
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: How this dating coach uses science to make the best matches

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 28, 2019
a smiling man in an apron stands in front of an interior sign that says "Mint & Liberty"
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Shorty’s faves make a comeback on Sonoma diner menu

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 28, 2019September 24, 2019

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