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OPINION | San Francisco isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It's better.
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (738+ words) I moved to San Francisco four years ago this week. Friends and family were worried. They’d been reading the headlines about the city since the pandemic and couldn’t understand why my husband and I had moved across the country. Last…...
Pickled Watermelon Salad adds zip to a sunny summer’s day
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (21+ words) Turn up the taste on a fresh, summery watermelon salad by lightly pickling the ingredients in vinegar, lime, honey and sumac....
OPINION | The real outrage of Rep. Ro Khanna’s West Bank visit
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (421+ words) The settler violence that Rep. Ro Khanna experienced on his recent visit to the West Bank has made headlines. But what was most important about this trip wasn’t what his delegation — of which I was a part — went through, but…...
ADL and JCPA diverge over teachers union, exposing divide over antisemitism
1+ day, 11+ hour ago (1605+ words) (JTA) — Two leading Jewish civil rights groups stepped up after Jewish teachers reported antisemitic harassment last year at the National Education Association’s annual convention, only to devolve into disagreement ahead of this year’s convention. The unusual public dispute between the…...
Most NorCal House Democrats vote to cut off aid to Israel
2+ day, 2+ hour ago (417+ words) Nine of 14 Northern California House Dems voted for amendment to end U.S. aid to Israel, part of the shift in Democrats’ views of Israel....
OPINION | California Jews deserve to be counted. This bill makes it happen.
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (48+ words) SB 1387 will add “Jewish” to the ethnicity section on demographic forms. This addition will help California Jews in multiple ways....
Warriors rookie Lajae Jones brings Jewish heritage to Golden State
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (48+ words) Warriors draft pick Lajae Jones steps onto the NBA stage as one of five Jewish players in the 450-person league....
TORAH | The words of Lamentations profoundly resonate this year
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (478+ words) This week’s Torah portion and the Book of Lamentations point the way to better governance in Israel....
The first synagogue inside a U.S. prison reopens — no conviction required
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (628+ words) A restored sanctuary inside Philadelphia’s historic Eastern State Penitentiary offers visitors a glimpse of Jewish life behind bars....
OPINION | The data on Jewish fiction publishing is alarming
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (450+ words) One solution, writes an author and activist, is to envision publishing as an act of peoplehood....