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Klaas Mokgomole
Posted inOpinion

I’m South African. Calling Israel ‘apartheid’ puts the BS in BDS.

Klaas Mokgomole by Klaas Mokgomole April 22, 2022April 22, 2022
Rabbis and cantors from the U.S. took supplies on a trip to see how the JCC in Krakow is responding to the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Ukraine.
Posted inBay Area

‘It’s a privilege’: Bay Area rabbis in Poland bear witness to Ukrainian refugee crisis

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 21, 2022April 27, 2022
Posted inBay Area

Feral cats invade Oakland Coliseum, Chad Gadya reference ensues

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 18, 2022April 27, 2022
Julia White
Posted inYouth Voice

For questions about identity, I’ve written my own haggadah

Julia White by Julia White April 13, 2022
Rachel Brodie
Posted inObituaries

Rachel Brodie, teachers’ mentor and master Jewish educator, dies at 55

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 13, 2022May 13, 2022
Part of a kidney dialysis machine in operation. (Photo/U.S. National Archives and Defense Visual Information Distribution Service)
Posted inBay Area

‘No greater mitzvah’: Bay Area man seeks kidney donor

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 12, 2022
From the cover of "Useful Junk" by Erika Meitner
Posted inOff the Shelf

Three new poetry books to savor during National Poetry Month

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman April 12, 2022July 20, 2022
(From left) Dor Gvirtsman, Aleeza Chanowitz, Marnina Schon and Tomer Machloof in "Chanshi." (Photo/Vered Adir, HOT)
Posted inTV & Film

Bay Area-raised actors join Henry Winkler in Israeli comedy ‘Chanshi’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 12, 2022
Phil Narodick (seated) and Eli Zigas (with hat) and Ilyse Magy (in the red), the organizers of the Schmearicle on King Street.
Posted inSmall Bites

In season of miracles, Berkeley bagel-lovers saw a ‘schmearicle’ 

Alix Wall by Alix Wall April 11, 2022April 11, 2022
2020 Market Hall seder plate with horseradish, shank bone and eggs. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inFood

Dine-in or take-out this Passover with offerings from these Bay Area joints

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb April 6, 2022December 30, 2022

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