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A woman walks past a building with a large image of Trump and Mohammed bin Salman shaking hands. The text on the image reads "Israel is ready."
Posted inIsrael

‘Israel Is Ready’ for Saudi peace, blare billboards in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and DC

by Deborah Danan February 3, 2025February 3, 2025
Daughters hug father
Posted inIsrael

Three men are released from Gaza captivity

by JTA Staff February 2, 2025February 2, 2025
“Intifada” and an upside-down red triangle representing Hamas were spray-painted on a mailbox at UC Berkeley in May 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish groups urge Cal to ‘reconsider’ Feb. event after panelists’ extreme anti-Israel statements

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 31, 2025February 5, 2025
Virtual memorial plaques are projected on the gates of Auschwitz-Birkenau for Holocaust Remembrance Day, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Marcin Kozlowski-March of the Living)
Posted inEducation

State study on K-12 Holocaust education finds much is left to teachers’ ‘individual initiative’

by Ryan Torok January 31, 2025January 31, 2025
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

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