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Once again Chronicle columnist Annie Nakao has produced a column of monumental folly. She’s now decided to take on Israel and the question of anti-Semitism, as it pertains to the Rainbow Grocery boycott. And who do you think she consulted for this important discussion? None other than Michael Lerner, editor of Tikkun magazine, and as Nakao puts it “the conscience of leftist Jews in the Bay Area.” With impressive credentials like that, it’s no wonder that Nakao went straight to Lerner for expert advice on her column "When anti-Semitism is the wrong term."Lerner’s critics, who, Nakao points out, call him...

Anyone want to join SeenTheLight and SeenTheLight's Mom in FReeping Rainbow Grocery in San Francisco? We want to protest their unfair and anti-Semitic boycott of Israeli products, which has been going on for over a YEAR! We're considering either Friday, December 20, around 4pm, when people get off work OR Saturday, December 21, in the daytime... If any local people are interested in attending, please let me know, and also which date looks better for you. We'll pick the date based on your responses and then I'll post everyone again to confirm the details. Let's Do It FReepers!

A frightening sequence of events and clues gleaned by U.S. intelligence has some in law enforcement believing that a maritime terrorist attack against San Francisco could be imminent. Local ferry operators became alarmed last week when someone described as Middle Eastern man boarded a ferry to Alcatraz but did not leave the boat when it reached the island. Instead, the man videotaped boat traffic and used a stopwatch to time the route. "He got on the boat to go to the island, but never got off when the other tourists did. Instead, he asked unusual questions about the timing and...