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A view of downtown Placerville, county seat of El Dorado County. (Photo/Wikimedia CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inLetters

‘Erasing the truth’; broken hearts; Putin is sneaky; etc.

by J. Readers October 11, 2023October 16, 2023

See my pain All I ask is that you recognize my pain and loss. Is that so much to ask? While I was waking up to the news of Hamas’ […]

Michelle (left) and Jeff Leopold remember their son Trevor in their home in Greenbrae, Aug 27, 2023. The Leopolds' son Trevor died four years ago at the age of 18 when he took an oxycodone pill he didn’t know was laced with fentanyl. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

The fentanyl crisis is taking the lives of young Jews

by Dan Pine September 1, 2023July 12, 2024
Michael, a patient at a Brooklyn methadone clinic for those addicted to heroin, displays a Hebrew tattoo of the "shema" prayer that he looks to in his fight with addiction. (Photo/Forward-Spencer Platt-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

100,000 Americans died from drug overdoses in 2021. How should Jewish communities respond?

by Rudy Malcom and Forward May 12, 2022May 12, 2022

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