Editorial A painful road too often traveled in Israel Weeks of protests and clashes in Jerusalem, missile strikes from Gaza and retaliations from Israel, and spasms of ethnic violence throughout the country… By J. Editorial Board May 25, 2021
Editorial Getting vaccinated isn’t about you — it’s about all of us Are you vaccinated? If so, you are in the majority. More than half of all Californians 16 and older are now fully or partially vaccinated, according to… By J. Editorial Board Apr 29, 2021
Editorial The unseen mental toll of the pandemic 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… By J. Editorial Board Apr 16, 2021
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… By J. Editorial Board Apr 1, 2021
Editorial The local Jewish response to Covid has shown us at our best Resilience, persistence, ingenuity and generosity. These watchwords aptly describe the Bay Area Jewish community’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.… By J. Editorial Board Mar 18, 2021
Editorial Survivors are fewer and fewer. We can’t forget them now. Every so often, it’s useful to recall the immortal words of novelist William Faulkner: “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” That insight… By J. Editorial Board Mar 4, 2021
Music This guitarist makes new soundscapes from old Jewish records Folk musician and record archivist Nathan Salsburg lives on a 40-acre former tree farm in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, with fellow songwriter… By Daniel Bromfield, JTA Mar 4, 2021
Editorial Purim reminds us how to heal hearts through laughter We in the temperate Bay Area do not experience the kind of deep winter freeze typically found back east or, now, even in Texas. But after a year of… By J. Editorial Board Feb 18, 2021
Editorial S.F. must prioritize opening schools, not renaming them San Francisco public schools have been closed for nearly a year now. The educational fallout from this crisis came into sharp focus this week when the… By J. Editorial Board Feb 4, 2021