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…
Local Voice
Calling it ‘anti-Semitism’ is itself racism
For millennia, alienation of Jews has been one the core mechanisms enabling what we refer to as “anti-Semitism.” Punished for rejecting Jesus and…
Jewish World
I had unfinished business in Spain, going back 500 years
Around 1492 my ancestors, the Papos, fled Iberia for the Middle East or southern Europe, along with hundreds of thousands of other Jews, in what became a…
First Person
Discovering Ram Dass the Jew
The psychic bleeding had stopped, but my spiritual body remained near lifeless. After many years of infertility challenges and their attendant emotional…
Opinion
Trump is undermining America’s future relationship with Israel
The modern State of Israel was born in the aftermath of World War II, alongside what is now known as the rules-based international order — a liberal…