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A rally for SB 567 on March 10, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy LA Voice)
Posted inLocal Voice

Home is sacred. California must pass stronger tenant protections.

Rabbi Jocee Hudson (Photo/Courtesy LA Voice) by Rabbi Jocee Hudson April 19, 2023

My dad grew up with no electricity or indoor plumbing in Kansas. He moved to California in 1957, looking for work and a better life. My mom’s family moved from […]

R. Elysa Gurman spoke up in support of a housing proposal for unhoused people in her area of Santa Clara at a community meeting, March 1, 2023. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inLocal Voice

Housing the unhoused: If not now, when? And if not in your neighborhood, where?

R. Elysa Gurman by R. Elysa Gurman March 17, 2023March 17, 2023
Rabbi Jeremy Sher leads the Open Shabbat service at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

‘Open Shabbat’ welcomes the Sabbath with San Francisco’s unhoused

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 25, 2022November 11, 2023
A sign of solidarity was placed in front of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas.(Photo/Forward-Haya Panjwani)
Posted inLocal Voice

I let an unhoused man into my synagogue before Colleyville. How will we respond next time?

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon and JTA January 21, 2022January 24, 2022
(Photo/Forward-Montinique Monroe-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

Spending time with unhoused people challenged everything I knew about Sukkot

Hannah Lebovits by Hannah Lebovits and Forward September 24, 2021September 24, 2021
The housing situation in Berkeley is dire. So why is the city's rent board wasting its time condemning Israel? (Photo/Flickr-bryce_nesbitt CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Berkeley’s housing crisis has nothing to do with Israel

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon June 21, 2021June 23, 2021
Devra Edelman
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: She works to bring homeless people inside 

by Liz Harris January 4, 2021
Dr. Margot Kushel, director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. (Photo/Noah Berger)
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Meet the homelessness expert helping lead pandemic response in S.F.

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 25, 2020May 25, 2020
Ari Neulight
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: How he wins the trust of homeless residents of People’s Park

Robert Nagler Miller by Robert Nagler Miller November 6, 2019November 6, 2019
Los Angeles recently restored regulations barring people from sleeping at night in their vehicles. (Photo/RNS-AP Photo-Damian Dovarganes)
Posted inCalifornia

L.A. congregation Ikar opens its parking lot to people living in cars

by Alejandra Molina and RNS September 26, 2019

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