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a squad of girls in soccer uniforms run across a field
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In respite from war, diverse girls soccer team from northern Israel gets a kick out of the Bay Area

by Dan Pine September 16, 2024September 18, 2024
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Since Oct. 7, more Americans see antisemitism as a ‘very serious’ problem

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
Adam Sandler performing an updated version of "The Chanukah Song" on stage in 2015. (Screenshot via YouTube)
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What piece of Jewish art brings you joy? J. readers chime in

by J. Staff September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
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Why Hersh’s death hit all of us so hard: He represented hope

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay September 6, 2024September 6, 2024
Amit Elor is the youngest-ever wrestler on Team USA to win Olympic gold. (Courtesy Amit Elor)
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Behind the scenes with wrestler Amit Elor, newly minted Olympic gold medalist

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett September 5, 2024January 19, 2025
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Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley mourns one of its own: Hersh Goldberg-Polin

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss September 2, 2024October 17, 2025
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
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Rabbi Michael Lerner, a religious and political visionary, never stopped believing

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser August 30, 2024September 1, 2024
Rabbi Michael Lerner in the Interfaith Coalition tent at Occupy Oakland in 2011. (Photo/B Hartford J Strong via Flickr CC BY 2.0)
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With the passing of Rabbi Michael Lerner, looking back on Tikkun magazine

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten August 29, 2024August 30, 2024
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I can’t get anything I want at Alice’s restaurant — and I can live with that

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz by Rabbi Zac Kamenetz August 29, 2024August 29, 2024
Yana Agranovsky Berger is the new executive director of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center. (Iris Giladi Photography)
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Contra Costa JCC gets new executive director, its first full-time staff in years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 27, 2024August 27, 2024

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