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Zachary Nelson, seen here hiking in Israel in 2022, was a devoted pro-Israel activist.
Posted inObituaries

Zachary Nelson, 27, pro-Israel activist from Alameda, dies in diving accident

by Emma Goss February 6, 2023February 7, 2023
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
Posted inNews

Soviet Jewry protest leaders in San Francisco secretly recruited help from Jews for Jesus, FBI file says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 6, 2023
Manny Yekutiel is the proprietor of Manny's — and a whole lot more. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inBay Area

Manny about town: S.F. cafe owner is everything, everywhere, all at once

by Dan Pine February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Images from incidents at the Schneerson Center (left) and Balboa Theater, possibly involving the same suspect.
Posted inNews

Arrest made in San Francisco synagogue shooting incident 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 4, 2023February 6, 2023
Images from incidents at the Schneerson Center (left) and Balboa Theater, possibly involving the same suspect.
Posted inNews

S.F. synagogue shooter remains at large as FBI joins investigation

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 3, 2023March 8, 2023
The Schneerson Center, a synagogue serving mainly Russian-speaking Jews in San Francisco, was the site of an incident in which a man fired several blanks from a gun. (Photo/Google Maps)
Posted inLetter to Readers

Why we took the shooting video down

Sue Barnett 2025Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Sue Barnett and Jo Ellen Green Kaiser February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
Screenshot from CCTV footage of the Schneerson Center in San Francisco, Feb. 1, 2023, as an intruder fires blanks into the room during a study session.
Posted inBay Area

Shooting rattles Russian Jewish center in San Francisco

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 2, 2023March 8, 2023
(From left) W. Kamau Bell, Mira Stern, Courtney Desiree Morris and Adam Mansbach discussed ties between the Black and Jewish communities at a Jan. 17 forum at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. (Photo/Bowerbird Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 2, 2023December 31, 2023
This billboard at 52nd St. and Telegraph Ave. in Oakland paid for by JewBelong originally said, "You don't need to go to law school to know anti-Zionism is antisemitism," but was vandalized by an anonymous group of Jewish activists to read, "You don't need to go to law school to know anti-Zionism is anti-racism."  (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area

Anti-Zionist Jewish activists claim credit for latest billboard defacement

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 1, 2023
a woman kneels next to a child on a playground
Posted inEducation

At Sherith Israel’s new preschool, the kids will stay outside 

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 1, 2023

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