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Opinion

To curb binge drinking, follow Israel’s lead

Jewish Journal September 14, 2016

The scene outside a bar in Tel Aviv looks very different from the scene outside a college party in the United States.

Ethnic cleansing? Really, Netanyahu?

Rob Eshman September 14, 2016

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a new PR strategy that involves posting clever YouTube videos.

A new year free of rancor and open to reconciliation

Jewish Journal September 13, 2016

There are so many divided families and longtime friendships being torn apart over, you guessed it, politics.

Stanley Sheinbaum, liberal activist, dies at 96

Tom Tugend September 13, 2016

Governor Brown should veto flawed BDS law

Jewish Journal September 12, 2016

Since March, the California legislature has struggled to draft a bill aimed at thwarting BDS – the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement.

A new vision for the secular left: How do we need to change ourselves in order to change reality in

Jewish Journal September 12, 2016

I am a human rights professional, peace and anti-occupation activist and have been committed to these values for as long as I can remember.

Dancers with Up Syndrome

David Suissa September 12, 2016

There are certain moments in life that just catch you off guard — in a very deep way.

Greta Friedman, Jewish refugee and subject of iconic World War II photo, dies at 92

Tom Tugend September 11, 2016

What Martin Luther King Jr. would teach Black Lives Matter about Israel

Jewish Journal September 9, 2016

American Jews, and not just those who call themselves “progressives,” have identified with, and participated actively in, the movement for racial equality in the US since the founding of the NAACP in 1909 as well as the post-WWII civil rights crusade that transformed America.

Saving Adam Krief and Etz Jacob

David Suissa September 9, 2016

There are moments in the life of a community when crises collide and make us all a little dizzy. Someone might die, a beloved institution may have to close its doors, a family could be left homeless if we don’t step up and help.