First Person
Visiting my Mom's Nazi-era home
I recently returned from a trip to Amsterdam where I was performing in “Anne & Emmett” by American playwright Janet Langhart Cohen. The drama, in…
Fourth of July
A fifth-column 4th: Independence Day, 2018
I love my public library in Albany. Not only is it located around the corner from my house, every weekend the staff piles cartons of books free for the…
Local Voice
As parents, we were compelled to visit a Texas immigrant detention center
We recently returned from a visit to the immigrant processing and detention centers in McAllen and Brownsville, Texas, where we went to advocate for the…
Letters
Horrors on the border; Harvey Milk, frat bro
Echoes of traumatic past in family separations Like most Americans and citizens around the world, I am appalled and heartsick by the Trump…
Local Voice
You know who else separated families trying to cross borders? The Soviets.
It is a familiar story. The government wanted to discourage people from crossing the border, so officials set up various laws and procedures to make it…
Editorial
Muslim travel ban ruling sets dangerous precedent
It’s been hard to know which way to turn this week. Just when our attention was focused on the heartrending images of young children being separated from…
Opinion
Three Bay Area Federations are committed to collaboration
The Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund, the Jewish Federation and The Jewish Community Foundation of the East Bay and the Jewish Federation of…
Social Justice
Yes, our immigration policy is biblical. Ever heard of Sodom?
Last week I visited McAllen, Texas, with a group of clergy — including 10 rabbis — to bear witness to the situation on the border, where new policies are…
Social Justice
Interfaith vigil for immigrants was good. Now let’s get to work.
More than 300 people gathered in the courtyard of Grace Cathedral on June 21 to decry the separation of children from their parents. And where is this…