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desperate women hold buckets and pots as they try to get food
Posted inIsrael

‘What’s happening now is a disaster’: Local rabbis react to Gaza hunger crisis

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman and JTA July 25, 2025July 25, 2025

Several prominent Northern California rabbis are calling for action amid increasingly disturbing reports of mass hunger in Gaza, as condemnations sweep across the Jewish world and political and religious leaders […]

Collage of newsmakers from 2024
Posted inNews

JTA’s 10 most-read Jewish news stories of 2024

by JTA January 2, 2025January 2, 2025
(Getty Images; Collage by Grace Yagel)
Posted inObituaries

18 notable Jews who died in 2024

by JTA December 23, 2024December 24, 2024
Elor, nose bloodied, holds up an American flag in triumph
Posted inSports

East Bay wrestler Amit Elor, daughter of Israelis, wins gold in Paris Olympics, extending 5-year undefeated streak

by JTA and J. Staff August 6, 2024August 7, 2024
Trina Robbins (center) with Jan Duursema (left) and Carol Kalish on the "Women in Comics" panel at the 1982 San Diego Comic Con. (Photo/Alan Light CC BY 2.0)
Posted inObituaries

Trina Robbins, 85, the first woman to draw a full issue of ‘Wonder Woman’

by JTA and J. Staff April 24, 2024April 24, 2024
A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old  Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Berkeley-born hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

by JTA April 24, 2024
Rabbi Jeremy Kalmanofsky speaks during an Israel-solidarity service in November 2023. Kalmanofsky is among a number of American rabbis to say that Israel's war is presenting challenging questions six months in. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

6 months on, American rabbis are grappling with anxiety over Gaza war’s aims and mounting toll

by JTA April 8, 2024April 8, 2024
Pro-Palestinian teachers in Oakland organized themselves early in the ongoing war. Here, a banner reads "Oakland Educators Say Fund Education, Not War on Gaza" at an Oakland Unified School District meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy anonymous)
Posted inBay Area

U.S. Dept. of Education announces antisemitism investigations of S.F. and Oakland school districts

by JTA January 18, 2024January 18, 2024
Elderly couple hugging
Posted inIsrael

2 Israeli Americans missing since Oct. 7 confirmed killed in Hamas attack

by JTA December 28, 2023
Timothée Chalamet in "Wonka," now playing in theaters. (Photo/Warner Bros. Pictures)
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A Jewish guide to this winter’s biggest movies

by JTA December 22, 2023December 25, 2023

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