Global day of Holocaust remembrance grows in scope — and urgency By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jan 27, 2022 It has been 77 years since Nazi collaborators marched György Bánhidi and his family from their spacious home in Budapest into the city’s Jewish ghetto. But Bánhidi, who is now 84, remembers even the tiniest details from that short trip to a place where he endured months of hunger, and the trauma of watching his… Read More
Bay Area Survivor’s granddaughter from Livermore now a sergeant in Israeli army When Ariel Cohen talks about his granddaughter Ronnie, the word “hero” comes up, like, a lot. That’s because the 24-year-old from Livermore recently moved… By Ryan Torok Jan 26, 2022
Politics Jewish Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is retiring Stephen Breyer, the oldest justice on the Supreme Court and one of its minority of three liberal justices, is set to retire, multiple reports said… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 26, 2022
Israel Israeli panel recommends 4th Covid vaccine for all adults over 18 A panel of experts that advises Israel’s Health Ministry on matters related to the coronavirus is recommending that all adults over the age of 18 be… By Shira Hanau, JTA Jan 26, 2022
Bay Area Bay Area Jewish orgs get $4.2M from state’s ‘target hardening’ grants California announced Tuesday the full list of recipients of its largest-ever dispersal of funds via the State Nonprofit Security Grant Program, totaling… By Gabe Stutman Jan 25, 2022
World Ukraine’s Jews commemorate Holocaust as war looms with Russia The military standoff between Russia and Ukraine is escalating as Jews in both countries prepare to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day on… By Cnaan Liphshiz, JTA Jan 25, 2022
Bay Area Flyers claiming Covid is Jewish plot land in S.F.'s Pacific Heights Jon Staenberg and his 13-year-old daughter, Rivka, left their home on Sunday morning in San Francisco carrying a big garbage bag. They often spend an hour… By Gabe Stutman Jan 24, 2022
U.S. US officials: Colleyville was a ‘terrorist attack on the Jewish community’ Top United States security officials told Jewish Americans on a pre-Shabbat call that the attack last Saturday in Colleyville, Texas, was a “terrorist… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 24, 2022
U.S. NYC rabbi details call with Texas gunman in ‘Captives of Hope’ sermon The New York City rabbi who spoke twice to the man who held Jews hostage in their Texas synagogue last week detailed the experience in a sermon Friday… By Philissa Cramer, JTA Jan 24, 2022