Put her name in place of his at Julius Kahn Playground The current fad of San Francisco politicians to change historical names of schools, streets, statues, plazas, parks and anything they can get their hands on now affects a great Jewish family by proposing to remove Julius Kahn’s name from a park in the Presidio,…
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Local Voice
I’m tired of Jews standing up for Israel’s enemies
One of the most disturbing aspects of the May 14 opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem was the grief and sorrow expressed by many liberal Jews over the…
Editorial
Put civil rights at head of the parade as we celebrate Pride
Before San Francisco and the Bay Area’s LGBTQ community mark the 40th anniversary of the assassination of S.F. Supervisor Harvey Milk, we have some…
Social Justice
World Refugee Day is June 20. Time to act.
Nobody wants to be a refugee. To be forced from your home, your family, all that is familiar. No one wants to be one of the 1,995 children separated from…
Local Voice
On Father’s Day, I thought of fathers whose children are taken by ICE
One hundred years ago, my grandfather was stabbed in the back during an anti-Jewish pogrom in Kielce, Poland. That convinced my grandparents to leave…
Father's Day
My taste of treyf, and my Orthodox rabbi dad’s reaction
My mouth watered for a BLT — that is, once I knew what it was. For the longest time, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish community in the Bronx, I believed…
Local Voice
On Michael Chabon and preaching to the wrong choir
One writer has called it a diatribe filled with harsh criticism, and while that assessment may be an apt description, I think that what Michael Chabon’s…
Social Justice
Let’s end the modern bondage of cash bail
Two months ago we celebrated Pesach and retold the story of our collective oppression and the divine miracle of liberation. After escaping Egypt, we…
Opinion
Anthony Bourdain used food to bridge divides — even between Arabs and Jews
Anthony Bourdain was quick – and often willing – to publicly offer his own flaws. “Until 44 years of age, I never had any kind of savings…