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"Bashir," an Afghan man in his 40s who fled Afghanistan in 2018, reunited with his family in April 2022 at Chabad of Fremont. (Bonnie Kellogg)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish aid groups scramble to help refugees new to Bay Area in a fearful time

by Sue Fishkoff February 10, 2025February 11, 2025
Abbas speaks at a lectern
Posted inIsrael

Mahmoud Abbas ends Palestinian Authority’s payments to families of terrorists

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
The Educational Bookshop on Salah Ad-din Street in East Jerusalem, as captured in November 2011. (Google Maps)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli police raid Palestinian bookstores in east Jerusalem

by Deborah Danan February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
People walk through a large urban area reduces to rubble
Posted inIsrael

Hamas says that it will delay next hostage release

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 10, 2025February 10, 2025
hostages on a stage in Gaza
Posted inNews

Poor health of newly released hostages shocks Israel

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 9, 2025February 10, 2025
Rabbi Mychal Copeland has been the spiritual leader of Congregation Sha'ar Zahav since July 2017. (Norm Levin/Special to J.)
Posted inBay Area

Event series at Sha’ar Zahav will address fears about new Trump administration

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
Stock photo of a laptop keyboard
Posted inU.S.

34 liberal Jewish groups sign statement defending DEI as an ‘invaluable tool’

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
Demonstrators demands action on the Gaza hostage crisis from the international community with a protest at the United Nations in New York, Oct. 24, 2023. (Luke Tress)
Posted inNews

Hostages Eli Sharabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levy to be released Saturday

Ben Sales by Ben Sales February 7, 2025February 7, 2025
Valerie McGee and Annie McGee, daughter and grand-daughter of a Holocaust survivor, reach out to kiss the rescued Torah scroll held by Rabbi Alan Rabishaw at Temple Or Rishon in Orangevale on Feb. 2, 2025. (Courtesy Len Feldman)
Posted inBay Area

Holocaust Torah brought ‘back to life’ at Sacramento-area Or Rishon

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
A man walks past a large billboard with a picture of Trump and the words "Thanks you, Mr. President"
Posted inIsrael

Israelis respond to Trump’s Gaza takeover with shock, dismay, elation and dark humor

by Deborah Danan February 6, 2025February 6, 2025

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