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Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
Posted inNews

How a new group is convincing Democrats to separate Israel criticism from antisemitism

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld January 25, 2024January 25, 2024
Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib at his home in Pacifica on Jan. 19, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Bay Area Gazan turns loss into compelling case for a ‘different future’

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 24, 2024June 23, 2025
Left: Eyal Mevorach Twito  was killed in fighting in Gaza on Jan. 22. (Photo/Courtesy); The next day, some 100 people attended a memorial service for him at Beth Jacob Congregation in Oakland, which his family attended when they lived in the Bay Area. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inObituaries

‘I had a child, and he is no more’: Oakland Hebrew Day School alum Eyal Twito, 22, killed in Gaza fighting

by Dan Pine January 23, 2024January 26, 2024
A memorial exhibit in Tel Aviv recreates the scenes at the Nova musical festival, where scores of women were raped and murdered during Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel. (Photo/Miriam Kaim)
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World has turned its back on Israeli women, leaders of rape crisis centers tell Bay Area Jews

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein January 19, 2024January 21, 2024
Israelis marking the first birthday of Kfir Bibas in captivity of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Jan 18, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Avshalom Sassoni-Flash90)
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As Kfir Bibas turns 1 in captivity, supporters from Tel Aviv to Davos mark ‘the saddest birthday in the world’

by Deborah Danan January 18, 2024January 18, 2024
Amos Dor holds a combined U.S. and Israeli flag during a rally demanding the release of Hamas' hostages at Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inMusic

Israeli soldiers are singing it in Gaza, and American Jews in shul: How ‘Acheinu’ took flight amid crisis

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 17, 2024January 17, 2024
Haifa Mayor Einat Kalisch-Rotem and San Francisco Mayor London Breed reaffirmed the sister city relationship between their cities when Breed visited Israel in May of 2023. (Photo/Courtesy)
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S.F. Mayor London Breed denounces supervisors’ cease-fire measure after anguished letter from Haifa counterpart

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 12, 2024January 15, 2024
(From left) Israeli legal counsellor Tal Becker, barrister Malcolm Shaw, and Gilad Noam wait for hearings at the International Court of Justice at the Hague, Netherlands on Jan. 12, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Michel Porro-Getty Images)
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Citing the Holocaust, Israel offers rebuttal to South Africa’s genocide charges at the International Court of Justice

by Ron Kampeas January 12, 2024
Attendees at an event promoting Arab-Jewish shared society in Israel earlier this month. (Photo/JTA-Eliyahu Freedman)
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Police deny permit for antiwar rally in Tel Aviv

by Eliyahu Freedman January 11, 2024January 11, 2024
Members of a conversion program in New York City on Dec. 21, 2023. Jasamine Hodge is seated in the center in a white sweater, with her fiancé Adir standing to her left. Seated on the right are Rabbis Adam Mintz and Avram Mlotek. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hodge)
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‘I just felt this urgency’: For some, Oct. 7 fueled a renewed dedication to becoming Jewish

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis January 10, 2024

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