When I traveled to France and Germany three years ago at the request of a Bay Area foundation to evaluate the landscape for Jews and Israel advocacy in two of Europe’s most important and besieged Jewish communities, one of my clear takeaways was that the post-Holocaust stigma against anti-Semitism is wearing thin and is a…
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Opinion
Opinion
Our natural curly hair isn’t ugly or ‘unprofessional.’ It’s who we are.
For centuries, anti-Semites have fetishized Jewish appearance. Using tedious racist tropes — be it smell, hooked noses, curly hair or traditional garb —…
Film
‘Uncut Gems’ puts Jewish stereotypes front and center. So where's the backlash?
Almost every movie, TV show and other work of art gets put under Twitter’s sensitive microscope these days. Depictions of Jews in contemporary culture are…
Local Voice
U.S. policy on Israeli settlements is the right call
In her opinion piece last month, Susie Gelman claimed that President Trump’s recognition of the legality of Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, and…
Opinion
It’s time to call violent anti-Semitism what it is: domestic terrorism
The end of 2019 should have been a time of joy for Jewish Americans celebrating Hanukkah and ushering in a new decade. Instead, Hanukkah was marred by…
Letters
Shame on this newspaper; scary times on campus; Jell-O is bad for you; etc.
‘Wrongheaded’ professors The comments of professors Diane Wolf, David Biale and Steven Zipperstein in your Dec. 19 article “‘Completely wrongheaded’:…
Editorial
Let’s dial down U.S.-Iran tension while there’s still time
The world held its breath during five tense days of conflict between Iran and the United States, and it appears, for the moment, we have stepped back from…
First Person
As a black Jew, I’m being forced to walk a tightrope after the Monsey attack
Today I have adorned myself in a chai necklace and a kippah. I don’t usually wear a kippah, but today I needed my Jewishness to be just as apparent as my…
Local Voice
Standing up for others strengthens our own courage and resolve
Recently, the University AME Zion Church in Palo Alto was vandalized. It is on a block that’s full of churches. It’s the only black church among those…