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Zionism

Natan Sharansky speaking in front of the Soviet Consulate in San Francisco, Feb. 6, 1987 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inIsrael at 70

I joined the Zionist revolution in Russia

john rothmann by John Rothmann April 17, 2018April 16, 2018
The 1960 film “Exodus,” starring Paul Newman (center) as Ari Ben Canaan, conveyed American Jews’ pride in the Jewish state.
Posted inIsrael at 70

From distancing to embracing: How 1948 changed U.S. Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales April 11, 2018
Theodor Herzl, the father of modern Zionism, leaning over the balcony of the Drei Konige Hotel during the first Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, Aug. 29, 1897. (Photo/JTA-GPO-Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael at 70

It’s time to reclaim the ‘Z-word,’ by focusing on Zionist ideas (plural)

Gil Troy by Gil Troy April 10, 2018
In 1979, famed Zionist Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg observed that insufficient support for Israel had become the sole reason for excommunication in the American Jewish community. (Photo/Wikimedia)
Posted inIsrael at 70

Why is ‘anti-Israel’ the only cause for excommunication in American Judaism?

Aaron Hahn Tapper by Aaron J. Hahn Tapper April 8, 2018April 8, 2018
On the cover of our print edition this week: "Hipster Herzl," part of Israeli artist Amit Shimoni's Hipstory series, reimagines the legendary Zionist leader and his very hipster beard.
Posted inLetter to Readers

On the cover: 70 years of Herzl’s dream

by Sue Fishkoff April 5, 2018April 5, 2018
a huge crowd fills the streets, seen from far above
Posted inNews

JCRC event will consider Zionism in light of Federation study

by Rob Gloster March 7, 2018March 7, 2018
Zioness members at the Jan. 20 Women’s March in Sacramento (Photo/Matthew Finklestein)
Posted inNews

Progressive, feminist and Zionist — united under one flag

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn February 27, 2018February 27, 2018
Chalk writing at San Francisco State University, Feb. 23, 2018. (Photo/Courtesy SF Hillel)
Posted inNews

Hillel students not impressed with SFSU president’s latest apology

by Sue Fishkoff February 23, 2018February 23, 2018
A view of the emergency special session regarding Jerusalem held at the U.N. General Assembly in New York, Dec. 21, 2017 (Photo/JTA-Abdulhamid Hosbas-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Recognizing Jerusalem as capital — what’s the big deal?

Nevet Basker by Nevet Basker January 4, 2018
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin addresses the 2017 General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America in his first major talk to a Jewish audience outside Israel (Photo/Jeffrey Brown-JFNA)
Posted inOpinion

Federations rally around pluralism — but wish they didn’t have to

by Andrew Silow-Carroll November 14, 2017January 12, 2018

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