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Joe Biden (Photo/JTA-Getty Images)

Editorial

Casting doubt on election results is bad for the Jews

The historic 2020 election resulted in a Democratic win at the top of the ticket. But with Donald Trump and the GOP refusing to concede the presidency to…
By J. Editorial Board Nov 12, 2020
Students admitted to UC Berkeley under affirmative action policies implemented in the university's Educational Opportunity Program, ca. 1985. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley)

Editorial

Affirming the need for equal opportunity: Yes on Prop. 16

The California ballot this year includes a whopping 12 propositions, addressing topics as varied as revising property tax law and regulating dialysis…
By J. Editorial Board Oct 29, 2020
line art illustration: two Jews argue with the Golden Gate bridge in the background. one, a man, is wearing a red Trump kippah. the other, a woman, is wearing a blue Biden kippah and wearing a facemask.

Editorial

Divided we vote, but our Jewish bonds prevail

After four years of unprecedented political tumult, a moment of great reckoning is just around the corner: Election Day. It is time for America to choose…
By J. Editorial Board Oct 16, 2020
the hands of an elderly man

Editorial

Honor thy parents, and the frontline workers helping them

There are some hopeful signs in our nation’s months-long battle with the coronavirus. Testing has ramped up, treatments for Covid-19 have improved,…
By J. Editorial Board Oct 1, 2020
Leila Khaled speaking in Beirut, Lebanon, in 2009. (Photo/Flickr-Sebastian Baryli CC BY 2.0)

Editorial

Leila Khaled has nothing to teach S.F. State students

On Sept. 23, Leila Khaled is scheduled to address San Francisco State students in an “open classrooms” event titled “Gender, Justice and Resistance” and…
By J. Editorial Board Sep 17, 2020
Israeli firefighters visit Solomon's Delicatessen in Sacramento, Aug. 30, 2020. (Photo/Courtesy Jami Goldstene)

Editorial

When disaster strikes, Israel is there to help

If you want to thank a firefighter battling the many lightning-sparked wildfires in Northern California, “todah rabah” might be appropriate. That’s…
By J. Editorial Board Sep 3, 2020
A view of the Burj al Arab tower in Dubai. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons-Alberto g rovi CC BY-SA 3.0)

Editorial

UAE-Israel deal moves peace in the right direction

It’s taken 41 years since the first, and 26 years since the second, but the third peace deal between Israel and a once-hostile Arab nation is now a…
By J. Editorial Board Aug 19, 2020
(Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)

Editorial

Why this publication is changing its spelling of antisemitism

Astute readers will notice a change in how we spell antisemitism, the word referring to a pathological hatred of Jews that, unfortunately, persists in our…
By J. Editorial Board Aug 6, 2020
a classroom with desks spaced evenly throughout

Editorial

The geometry of Covid-19

Normally, this is the time of year when families with school-age children are shopping for school supplies, squeezing in the last summer trip, and looking…
By J. Editorial Board Jul 27, 2020
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