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Children outside 770 Eastern Parkway, Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn, on Jan. 9, 2023. (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox
Posted inAnalysis

So why were those yeshiva students digging an unauthorized tunnel at Chabad headquarters?

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. (Photo/World Economic Forum-Jolanda Flubacher via Flickr CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inAnalysis

Caught by surprise on Oct. 7, Netanyahu looks to preserve his power post-war

by Jacob Kornbluh January 8, 2024
Someone in crowd holds up Stop Bombing sign with image of watermelon
Posted inPolitics

How the watermelon wound up as a symbol of Palestinian nationalism

by Ron Kampeas January 5, 2024January 5, 2024
Sally Kornbluth sits at a table in Congress
Posted inAnalysis

Will MIT’s president survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?

by Andrew Lapin January 5, 2024January 5, 2024
Woman stands next the International Criminal Court sign
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How Israel will respond to charges of genocide in International Court of Justice

by Ron Kampeas January 4, 2024
Posted inBay Area

The top 10 Bay Area Jewish news stories of 2023

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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 29, 2023December 29, 2023
A pink-haired parody of a Berkeley progressive corrects her fellow "Three Wise Persons" on gender politics in a recent video from the Israeli sketch comedy series "Eretz Nehederet." (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inAnalysis

Viral videos about Bay Area antisemitism blur the line between reality and satire

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 29, 2023January 3, 2024
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Posted inAnalysis

9 stories that defined our Jewish year in 2023 before Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 27, 2023December 27, 2023
Placard states AJS and Association for Jewish Studies
Posted inAnalysis

What is antisemitism? Jewish scholars at S.F. conference wrangle with past, present

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 22, 2023December 26, 2023
A freed Palestinian prisoner arrives home in East Jerusalem, after being released as part of a deal between Israel and Hamas, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jamal Awad-Flash90)
Posted inAnalysis

A poll shows Palestinians overwhelmingly support Oct. 7. What does that mean?

by Ron Kampeas December 20, 2023

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