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David Waksberg

David Waksberg is the CEO of S.F.-based Jewish LearningWorks.

Posted inFirst Person, Local Voice, Opinion

1980s Soviet Jewry activist turns his eyes toward a battle for today: Black Lives Matter

by David Waksberg June 12, 2020June 12, 2020

When I was a teenager, I wore a huge Jewish star around my neck, and on it was the name of Mark Dymshitz, a Soviet Jewish prisoner of conscience. One day, an African American friend of mine stopped me. “Why do you wear that star around your neck?” I explained who Mark Dymshitz was and […]

Posted inLocal Voice, Religion, Jewish Life, Opinion

Standing in solidarity with others strengthens us when we must stand up for ourselves

by David Waksberg January 7, 2020January 8, 2020
Members of Jewish Youth for Climate Justice at the Sept. 20, 2019, climate protest in San Francisco (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inEducation, Local Voice, Opinion

Why we must forge new paths in Jewish education

by David Waksberg November 18, 2019
Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1915
Posted inUncategorized, First Person, Local Voice, Opinion

My grandparents loved their adopted land. Would they feel safe in America today?

by David Waksberg January 14, 2019January 15, 2019
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

You know who else separated families trying to cross borders? The Soviets.

by David Waksberg June 29, 2018June 26, 2019
Posted inFather's Day, First Person, Local Voice, Holidays, Opinion

On Father’s Day, I thought of fathers whose children are taken by ICE

by David Waksberg June 18, 2018June 18, 2018
A page of Talmud, tractate Bava Batra
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Applying Jewish first aid to the damage words can do

by David Waksberg January 18, 2017January 19, 2017
Posted inUncategorized

Elie Wiesel shattered silence on Holocaust, Soviet Jews

by David Waksberg July 8, 2016December 29, 2016
Posted inUncategorized

the column | Another essential teaching tool: the art of argument

by David Waksberg January 8, 2016December 29, 2016
Posted inOpinion

Domestic violence isnt just a womens issue its about men, too

by David Waksberg May 8, 2015December 29, 2016

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