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    Shmate, the Little Jewish Rag That Could

    In 1980s Oakland, a small Jewish magazine was doing something all its own

    byAlix Wall
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    Crime and Criminality in the Golden State

    Anti-Asian violence in California is nothing new—just ask Mark Twain. But the current wave of beatings and killing is also a harbinger of something larger.

    byJonah Raskin
  • Karaite Jews in Foster City, California, in 1985.
    Karaite Jews in Foster City, California, in 1985.
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    The Jews You’ve Never Heard Of

    In the Bay Area, Karaite Jews struggle to build a future in America

    byShira Telushkin
  • The bar mitzvah cake at the bar mitzvah, 1965.(Courtesy of the author)
    The bar mitzvah cake at the bar mitzvah, 1965.(Courtesy of the author)
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    Throwing Out the Ten Commandments—the Ones That Once Sat Atop My Cake

    I found a memento from my bar mitzvah in my parents’ house. Was it finally time to let go of the past, or was it worth keeping?

    byLeonard Felson
  • A drawing from “A Child’s View From Gaza.”(Courtesy Susan Johnson, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Young Palestinian Artists of Gaza)
    A drawing from “A Child’s View From Gaza.”(Courtesy Susan Johnson, Middle East Children’s Alliance, Young Palestinian Artists of Gaza)
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    Censors and Sensibility

    Under pressure, a Bay Area children’s museum canceled a show of art by children from Gaza. That’s shameful, but so was scheduling the one-sided show.

    byMarjorie Ingall
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