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From left, Susanne Batzdorff, Evelyn Gurevitch and Edith Newman have been friends and Congregation Beth Ami members for decades. (Ron Batzdorff)
Posted inSeniors

‘Temple is people, and I need people’: Three women over 100 find joy in Santa Rosa synagogue — and each other

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz January 31, 2025February 4, 2025
Two people hold up a large sign that says "Hands off our students, hands off Palestine"
Posted inPolitics

What Trump’s antisemitism executive order actually means for college students and schools

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
A person wears a pride-themed yarmulke in the West Village in New York City, on June 26, 2020. (Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘I’m not waiting until they come to round us up’: Transgender Jews and their families search for safety as Trump takes aim at their rights

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 31, 2025February 21, 2025
L-R: Yarden Bibas, Keith Siegel, Ofer Kalderon. All were taken captive on Oct. 7, 2023, from their homes in southern Israel. (Courtesy Hostage and Missing Families Forum)
Posted inIsrael

Keith Siegel, Yarden Bibas, Ofer Kalderon set to be released Saturday from Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
Nancy Grand has promised $2.5 million toward SF Hillel's new building, seen in this artist's rendering. (Herman Coliver Locus Architecture via SF Hillel)
Posted inBay Area

$2.5 million pledge pushes SF Hillel capital campaign into final stretch

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 30, 2025January 31, 2025
A photo of Gadi Mozes, who was released from Israeli captivity on Thursday, Jan. 30, has gone viral in Israel. (Screenshot/X)
Posted inIsrael

In Gadi Mozes, the octogenarian freed from Gaza, Israelis see an icon of their country’s hardy ‘kibbutznik’ spirit

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Arbel Yehud, an Israeli hostage held in Gaza, is made to traverse a dense crowd of terrorists before being handed over to the Red Cross outside Yahya Sinwar's house in Khan Younis, Gaza, Jan. 30, 2025. (Hani Alshaer/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

8 hostages, including 5 Thai nationals, return to Israel following chaotic scenes in Gaza

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 30, 2025January 30, 2025
Abe Wischnia teaches an English language class for recent Ukrainian immigrants provided by Jewish Family Services Silicon Valley on Feb. 7, 2023. (Courtesy JFS SIlicon Valley)
Posted inBay Area

Local Jewish groups aiding refugees reel as borders shut and their funding is threatened

by Sue Fishkoff January 29, 2025January 31, 2025
Ethan Felson, executive director of A Wider Bridge, delivering a speech in 2022. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

Director of pro-Israel LGBTQ group faces sexual misconduct charge

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
Orange balloons have become a symbol of the Bibas family because of the abducted children's red hair. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
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The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.

by Deborah Danan January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

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