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Ronn Owens at the KGO studio that now bears his name. (Courtesy)
Posted inCommunity

Ronn Owens, Jewish former KGO radio host, faces health and financial challenges

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Kehillat Israel in the Pacific Palisades on Wednesday afternoon, as firefighters battled blazes on either side. (Louis Keene/Forward)
Posted inNorthern California

Their Pacific Palisades synagogue is standing, but all three rabbis lost their homes

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
a very large crowd marches together holding many Israeli flags
Posted inIsrael

Israel’s judicial overhaul is back. So are the protests.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 10, 2025January 10, 2025
Firefighters respond to the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles on Jan. 8, 2024. (CAL FIRE/Flickr)
Posted inCalifornia

As L.A. fires burn, Northern California Jews fundraise for victims 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 9, 2025January 13, 2025
a metal gate with metal Stars of David stands amid rubble of a burned down building
Posted inCalifornia

‘Do you have the Torahs?’ Synagogue races L.A. wildfire to rescue its past and future

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen January 9, 2025January 10, 2025
a sign in a parking lot reads "RESERVED AT ALL TIMES FOR RABBI" as a synagogue building burns in the background
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish community springs into action as devastating Los Angeles-area fires widen

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 9, 2025January 10, 2025
The night before inauguration, clergy from several religions place their hands on Mayor-elect Daniel Lurie for a communal blessing during an interfaith service at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco on Jan. 7, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Interfaith celebration at Emanu-El blesses S.F.’s new mayor, Daniel Lurie

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 8, 2025January 9, 2025
Col. Peter Gleichenhaus carries one Congregation B'nai Emunah's Torah scrolls during a June 2023 ceremony to deconsecrate the congregation's building as it merged with Congregation Beth Israel Judea. (Courtesy Coco Romano Giordano)
Posted inObituaries

‘Col. Pete’ Gleichenhaus, a community hero to many, dies at 85

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 8, 2025January 8, 2025
a colonnaded building with a large parking lot is engulfed in flame
Posted inCalifornia

At least one synagogue destroyed as unprecedented wildfires rip through Los Angeles

Louis Keene by Louis Keene January 8, 2025January 10, 2025
Posters calling for the return of four members of the Bedouin Ziyadne family, who were kidnapped on Oct. 7, 2023, were written in Hebrew, English and Arabic and hung in the center of Tel Aviv, Nov. 30, 2023. (Yahel Gazit / Middle East Images / via AFP/Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Bedouin father taken hostage on Oct. 7 found dead in Gaza; evidence suggests son was also killed

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 8, 2025January 8, 2025

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