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A woman in a blue hoodie stands in front of a tall, fire-marked menorah outside
Posted inBay Area

‘We did what we could’: S.F. firefighter who joined emergency team in L.A. describes ‘surreal’ wildfires

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Square Fountain became a site to call attention to the hostages and honor the dead after Oct. 7, 2023. A year later, weather-beaten memorials mix with new ones for fallen soldiers, Oct. 20, 2024. (Natalie Weinstein/J. Staff)
Posted inAnalysis

Israelis’ joy seeing hostages freed is tempered by a deep bitterness — and rage

Yossi Klein Halevi by Yossi Klein Halevi January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
Elon Musk delivers a salute at a Trump immigration rally. Inset: Musk's Holocaust joke post. (Screenshot)
Posted inPolitics

Elon Musk makes Holocaust jokes after Netanyahu defends him as ‘great friend of Israel’

by Andrew Lapin January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
Yuval Raphael sings "Dancing Queen" on "Rising Star" to become Israel's selection for the 2025 Eurovision competition, Jan. 22, 2025. (Screenshot)
Posted inMusic

Nova massacre survivor Yuval Raphael to represent Israel in 2025 Eurovision music contest

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 23, 2025January 23, 2025
a black and white photo of five kids standing in front of a small tent
Posted inNorthern California

Camp Tawonga marks 100 years of making kids ‘feel part of something bigger’

by Dan Pine January 22, 2025July 7, 2025
Mira and Norman Shelub in 1945.
Posted inObituaries

Partisan fighter, Yiddish scholar, and eternal optimist Mira Shelub dies at 102

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 22, 2025January 20, 2026
Left: Elon Musk's salute at an Inauguration Day rally (Screenshot). Right: ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt, pictured in 2018 (Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

How did the ADL conclude that Elon Musk didn’t give a Nazi salute? It isn’t saying.

by Andrew Lapin January 22, 2025January 22, 2025
Socialist Workers Part member Maggie Trowe (right), whose sign reads “Opposing Jew-Hatred is a union question," speaks with Girl Scouts at a Jewish unity march in San Francisco on March 3, 2024. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Local members of Socialist Workers Party defy the far left on Israel

by Dan Pine January 21, 2025January 21, 2025
The Brandeis School of San Francisco Chorus performs the national anthem during the Golden State Warriors’ Jewish Heritage Night at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Dec. 5, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Grants from Israel aim to strengthen Jewish education in Bay Area

by Sue Fishkoff January 21, 2025January 22, 2025
The Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem hosted an event to mark Donald Trump's inauguration as U.S. president, Jan. 20, 2025. (Deborah Danan)
Posted inIsrael

At a Trump inauguration event in Jerusalem, fervent optimism with an undercurrent of unease

by Deborah Danan January 21, 2025January 21, 2025

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