Local Voice
Why we’re working together for a stronger Jewish Bay Area
Last week, we jointly announced that our organizations would be deepening our collaboration by transferring the core work of the East Bay Federation and…
Yom Yerushalayim
On Jerusalem Day, we celebrate the city at very heart of Judaism
As clear as wine, the wind is flying Among the dreamy pines As evening light is slowly dying And a lonely bell still chimes, So many songs, so many…
Letters
East Bay community slipping away; inventing anti-Semites; etc.
Community slipping away Two recent articles in your great newspaper showcase how change is taking over our lives. The first was about the Reutlinger…
Editorial
Let’s make sure impressionable young minds aren’t hijacked by hate
For the past two years, a global resurgence of anti-Semitic vandalism, speech and acts of violence have reminded us that the world’s oldest hatred isn’t…
Local Voice
I’m proud to have been a plaintiff in anti-Semitism lawsuit against SFSU
Apartheid barriers. Divestment resolutions. Faculty votes to suspend study abroad programs. These are just some of the results that a simple “Jewish San…
Religion
We Orthodox Jews need gay rabbis
On May 26, I ordained Daniel Atwood, a gay Orthodox rabbinical student who was denied the opportunity to receive smicha (ordination) from his own Orthodox…
Opinion
What does Jewish law say about abortion?
Alabama and Georgia have passed laws recently that limit or forbid abortions in unprecedented ways, joining a growing number of states that are attempting…
Letters
We’re silent on hate crime; Eli Valley is no good; hope in the Negev
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…
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…