J. silent on local hate crime? On April 1, an “elderly Jewish man” was attacked in a Palo Alto Starbucks. He was called a Nazi and threatened with mob violence. (Editor’s note: He was verbally attacked, according to reports.) The incident was widely reported as an anti-Semitic incident. It was covered in the San Francisco…
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Editorial
Big federation changes reflect the current reality in the Bay Area
A dramatic shift in our Jewish communal landscape has been announced this week: The Jewish Federation of the East Bay and its Jewish Community Foundation…
Local Voice
Time to close the gender gap in Jewish organizations
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Opinion
Trump desperately needs a Jewish liaison
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Youth Voice
After years at a Jewish school, moving to a secular school has been a rude awakening
This year is my first time attending a non-Jewish school. This means a lot of things are different for me now. I don’t take a daily Jewish studies class…
Yom HaAtzmaut
Back-to-back Israeli holidays are exhausting — and emotionally manipulative
Wednesday night was one of the hardest nights on the Israeli calendar. In that hazy space between sunset and nightfall, Israel transitioned from the…
Yom HaAtzmaut
My heart was in the East. Now, I am too.
Libi b’mizrach aval ani b’sof ma’arav. My heart is in the East, but I am at the edge of West. That line, written hundreds of years ago, is a common…
Yom HaAtzmaut
The journey from Passover to Israel Independence Day
Every year, a few weeks nestled somewhere between April and May are filled to the brim with conflicting emotions for Jews all over the world. This period…
First Person
Judaism saved me from myself during my manic episode
I don’t even know how to characterize it. Was I disabled? Impaired? Inspired? Was the thing that lifted me off my feet and part way out of my mind…