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Four young women on a stage
Posted inNews

Four more hostages released in choreographed ceremony

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 26, 2025January 26, 2025
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest at UC Berkeley on May 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley removes event description denying Oct. 7 rapes 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. President Donald Trump participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Could Donald Trump be the next liberal Zionist hero?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
The main tower at the entrance to the former Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp, covered under a large tent, stands illuminated during the official ceremony to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation of the camp on Jan. 27, 2020. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Just 50 Holocaust survivors will be at Auschwitz for the 80th anniversary of its liberation

by Toby Axelrod January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Luba Grungras, who is believed to be the last living survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp in the Bay Area, at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living on Jan. 16, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

‘I did not understand I was still alive’: At 100, Auschwitz survivor recalls Holocaust horrors

by Luba Grungras January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
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

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