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At an empty lot in the former fire zone, new green growth mixes with charred remains of trees, April 2018. (Photo/Rob Gloster)
Posted inNews

‘People are still suffering’: the North Bay fires, six months later

Shoshana Hebshi by Shoshana Hebshi April 19, 2018June 26, 2019
Waldos Mark Gravitch (right front), Larry Schwartz (middle) and Dave Reddix at Dominican College in San Rafael, getting high and playing Frisbee, circa 1972-73.
Posted inHolidays

Meet the Waldos: the true story of the Marin stoners who coined ‘420’

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn April 19, 2018April 19, 2018
Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi sits for an interview in a Berkeley café before her talk on campus. (Photo/Sue Fishkoff)
Posted inAnalysis

A disappointing encounter with the limits of dialogue

by Sue Fishkoff April 18, 2018April 26, 2018
Asif Khan as Isaac in "Love, Bombs & Apples"
Posted inCulture

Comedy and humanity as Pakistani-British actor steps into American Jewish role

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 17, 2018April 18, 2018
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa (Photo/Wikimedia-Technion  CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inNews

Helen Diller foundation gives $50m to Israel’s Technion for new science center

by JTA April 17, 2018
Susan Duhan Felix with Brandi Brande in the first episode of “Art Beat,” Felix’s new show on Berkeley’s public television channel. (Screenshot/Berkeley Community Media)
Posted inCulture

Berkeley’s arts ambassador tries a new beat: television

Laura Pall by Laura Paull April 16, 2018April 18, 2018
Scientologists protest an ADHD conference in Tel Aviv, March 2018, with signs  saying "Childhood is not a mental disease" (Photo/Katherine Ellison)
Posted inJewish Life

How did Israel become the ADHD capital of the world?

Katherine Ellison by Katherine Ellison April 16, 2018
CNN anchor Jake Tapper is the brother of Swig Program director Aaron Hahn Tapper, and will speak at the program's 40th anniversary celebration April 22.
Posted inEducation

40 years of first Jewish studies program at a Jesuit university

by Rob Gloster April 16, 2018April 17, 2018
Palestinian protesters met by Israeli border police in Hebron, Feb. 2014 (Photo/Wikimedia-Mustafa Bader CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inIsrael at 70

The first time I saw video of nonviolent protest in the West Bank

by Julia Daniel April 16, 2018April 16, 2018
“Fanny’s Journey,” a French drama screening April 22 at the Crest Theater in Sacramento
Posted inCulture

Bollywood meets klezmer at Sacramento Jewish film fest, April 19-22

by J. Staff April 13, 2018

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