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Detail of an illustration from "The Awful Omen," A. J. Sass's contribution to the "On All Other Nights" anthology. (Illustration/Shannon Hochman)
Posted inBooks

Oakland writer A. J. Sass uses the afikomen hunt to explore a nonbinary child’s hopes and anxieties

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 17, 2024May 2, 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)
Posted inUncategorized

What losing Tikkun means to me — and to the rest of the Jewish world

Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Jo Ellen Green Kaiser April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
(Screenshot/ABC7 Bay Area)
Posted inNews

‘Free Palestine’ protesters block GG Bridge, Oakland freeway during rush hour

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 15, 2024April 16, 2024

The B’Mitzvah Way

by [email protected] April 14, 2024May 18, 2026
Lisa Kokin's "Red Line" will appear in the Contemporary Jewish Museum's upcoming California Jewish Open. (Photo/Courtesy Kokin)
Posted inLocal Voice

I’m an anti-Zionist Jewish artist who believes it’s important to stand with CJM

Lisa Kokin (Photo/Courtesy) by Lisa Kokin April 12, 2024April 12, 2024
Nan Fink Gefen and Rabbi Michael Lerner look over an early issue of Tikkun magazine in the 1980s. (Photo/File)
Posted inCulture

Tikkun magazine to close after nearly 40 years

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 10, 2024June 16, 2024
Yossi Fendel, pictured in his home on April 10, 2024, and the Deborah Project are suing Berkeley Unified School District . (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Berkeley dad sues school district for access to ethnic studies curriculum

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 10, 2024April 10, 2024
UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk attempts to get law student Malak Afaneh to leave the home Fisk shares with her husband, Berkeley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, on April 9, 2024. (Screenshot via Instagram)
Posted inBay Area

Anti-Israel protester disrupts Berkeley law dean’s backyard dinner, refuses to leave

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2024April 15, 2024
The seder plate at the Deadhead Seder at Terrapin Crossroads in 2018. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

‘Let My People Pho!,’ and other nontraditional seders across the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 10, 2024April 10, 2024
The pro-cease-fire mural at Lake Merritt in Oakland, as seen from a drone on April 7, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy SF Bay Activists for Peace)
Posted inArt

Mural calling to ‘end the war’ appears, then disappears, at Oakland’s Lake Merritt

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 9, 2024June 16, 2024

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