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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)
Posted inUncategorized

The Bibas family remains hostages in Gaza. A nation is hoping against hope for their return.

by Deborah Danan January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inPolitics

Trump antisemitism executive order to target ‘leftist, anti-American’ universities

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld January 29, 2025January 29, 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 inIsrael

Arbel Yehud, Agam Berger and Gadi Moses reportedly to be released Thursday, along with 5 Thai nationals

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 29, 2025January 29, 2025
Protester holds Hamas sign
Posted inNorthern California

Rabbis denounce Jewish security CEO’s call to deport non-citizens who ‘support terror’

by Emma Goss January 28, 2025February 1, 2025
Screenshot of Elon Musk making a gesture that has been widely interpreted as a Nazi salute.
Posted inPolitics

Following Musk’s lead, ‘my heart goes out to you’ takes off as far-right catchphrase

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Jake Wasserman January 28, 2025January 28, 2025
Barak Hermann, the incoming president and CEO of the JCCs of North America, on a treadmill at a JCC in Baltimore. (Benyamin Cohen/Forward)
Posted inU.S.

He built a bar at his JCC. Here’s what he’s planning for the other JCCs in North America

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen January 28, 2025February 10, 2025
Michele Berry (left) and Ken Bravmann stand in Embarcadero Plaza during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Majority of Bay Area Jews still felt ‘less safe’ in 2024, JCRC survey shows

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 28, 2025February 4, 2025

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