Lockdown. Masks. Zoom. More Zoom. Sitting at home. No going to school. No going to the office. No getting together with friends or family outside of your immediate household. The restrictions of the past year have taken a toll on all of us. But as we report in our cover story this week, it’s been…
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Opinion
Letters
Fighting over kosher wine; Wrong on ethnic studies; Etc.
The winemaker responds Cary Fulbright clearly does not understand the nature of “kosher” certification for wine (“Wine film isn’t sour at all,” Letters,…
First Person
50 years ago, a high school ethnic studies course changed my life
The first semester of my senior year in high school was all about the Native Americans. Fitting, as the school was located in Manhattan, which the early…
Opinion
Reflecting on a challenging year as Israel turns 73
Israel celebrates its 73rd birthday on April 14, offering us an opportunity to reflect on this challenging past year and how, despite being physically…
Local Voice
Yom HaShoah and the importance of welcoming the stranger
It is difficult to imagine anyone not moved by the scenes of children at our border seeking a safe haven here in America. As I look into their eyes and…
Local Voice
Yom HaShoah and the strength of our ‘Wonder Women’
The 2017 film “Wonder Woman” opens with a flashback: Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) receives an old black-and-white photograph in which she is posing with her…
The Sit-Down
AFT head Randi Weingarten has a vision to get kids back to school
As president of the American Federation of Teachers since 2008, Randi Weingarten has become the public face of the messy politics of figuring out how to…
Editorial
Ethnic studies: A meaningful victory in a complicated fight
When state Sen. Ben Allen and Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, both liberal Democrats from Southern California, first read the original draft of the Ethnic…
Sports
Baseball’s all-star all-Jewish lineup of all time
As Major League Baseball opens, here’s a question for a certain type of avid sports fan: Who would play on the ultimate all-star Jewish baseball team? The…