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Chanan Tigay

Chanan Tigay

Chanan Tigay is the editor-in-chief of J. The Jewish News of Northern California.

parents and son smiling
Posted inThe J. Interview

How Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin find grace in a shattered world

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 31, 2025November 2, 2025

As I sat down to write this introduction to my interview with Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin, it occurred to me that they need no introduction. Since their son, Hersh, […]

Screenshot from “A Letter to David," about hostage David Cunio.
Posted inCulture

How books, film and TV seek to make sense of Oct. 7

Chanan TigayMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Chanan Tigay and Maya Mirsky October 1, 2025October 1, 2025
European synagogues, like the bunker-esque Ulm Synagogue in Germany, are built with security as the highest priority. (Andreas F. Borchert via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

What kind of house do American Jews want to live in?

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay May 28, 2025May 29, 2025
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Posted inThe Perils & Promise of AI

Introducing ‘The Perils & Promise of Artificial Intelligence’

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay March 7, 2025March 9, 2025
A man in a press flak jacket holds up a red "channel 13" microphone
Posted inIsrael

This Israeli journalist reported on Hamas for decades. But Oct. 7 took him by surprise

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 25, 2024October 29, 2024
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Posted inPhilanthropy

Federation’s man in Israel: Diaspora/Israel relationship is Jewish ‘superpower’

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 7, 2024October 8, 2024
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Posted inNews

Exclusive: Why Israel turned to archaeologists in its search for the Oct. 7 missing

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 6, 2024October 8, 2024
People embrace
Posted inLocal Voice

Why Hersh’s death hit all of us so hard: He represented hope

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay September 6, 2024September 6, 2024
J. Editor in Chief Chanan Tigay (left) interviews former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Posted inIsrael

Exclusive interview: Former PM Ehud Olmert on the existential threat facing Israel — from within

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay August 26, 2024September 8, 2024
Yossi Klein Halevi speaking April 15 at an event organized by UC Berkeley Law School’s Helen Diller Institute for Law and Jewish studies. (Photo/Jim Block)
Posted inNews

‘Internal unraveling’: Yossi Klein Halevi on Israel, Iran and American Jewry

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay April 22, 2024April 29, 2024

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