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Posted inNews

The letter that begat Israel — 100 years later

by Dan Pine November 1, 2017November 2, 2017
An editorial cartoon published last week in the Daily Cal, the student newspaper of UC Berkeley
Posted inOpinion

Daily Cal writer: My editors’ response to the Dershowitz cartoon left me angry, resentful

Sarah Goldwasser by Sarah Goldwasser October 30, 2017October 31, 2017
Russian camaraderie is a key ingredient in Limmud FSU, as seen here at Limmud FSU Toronto 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Limmud FSU)
Posted inNews

Russian-language camaraderie coming to Oakland with Limmud FSU

by Sue Fishkoff October 30, 2017March 19, 2018
Ohlone leader Corinna Gould at a protest of construction on top of a shellmound in Berkeley, April 9, 2016 (Photo/Flickr-Wendy Kenin CC BY-ND 2.0)
Posted inOpinion

How the struggle of the Ohlone relates to our Jewish past

Matthew Leber by Matthew Leber October 27, 2017November 1, 2017
Chabad of Oakland's new building at 3401 Lakeshore Ave. in Oakland (Screenshot/Google Maps)
Posted inNews

Oakland Chabad ‘in the center of it all’ with new building

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 26, 2017October 26, 2017
An editorial cartoon about Alan Dershowitz's visit to UC Berkeley (left), and a cartoon from a 1934 issue of the Nazi newspaper Der Sturmer
Posted inNews

UC Berkeley chancellor rebukes student paper over anti-Semitic cartoon

by JTA and J. Staff October 25, 2017October 27, 2017
Alan Dershowitz at NEP Studios in New York, Feb. 3, 2016 (Photo/JTA-John Lamparski-Getty Images for Hulu)
Posted inOpinion

No excuse for anti-Semitic cartoon in UC Berkeley student newspaper

Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman by Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman October 25, 2017
Victoria Hanna creates songs from modern and ancient Hebrew texts. (Photo/Eric Portman)
Posted inCulture

Eccentric Israeli artist Victoria Hanna brings spells ancient and modern to Berkeley

Laura Pall by Laura Paull October 20, 2017October 23, 2017
Retired B’nai Emunah cantor and Reutlinger resident Henry Drejer belts out classic hazzanut while fellow resident Doris Langer beams at the camera. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

Starting the annual Torah cycle again — for the 70th, 80th, 90th time

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky October 20, 2017April 15, 2020
Ariel Luckey will perform his klezmer hip-hop in "Cabaret by the Bay" at JCC East Bay, Nov. 5.
Posted inCulture

Yiddish culture, including Klezmer hip-hop, celebrated at ‘Cabaret by the Bay’

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 18, 2017March 23, 2018

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