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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

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
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

Zionists faced increasing ostracization in 2024. It could get worse.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 7, 2025January 13, 2025
Lead candidate of the far-right Freedom Party of Austria, Herbert Kickl, celebrates with supporters at the FPO's election party following Austria's parliamentary elections in Vienna, Sept. 29, 2024. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Far-right party founded by former Nazis is tapped to lead Austria’s government

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inU.S.

American Jews skeptical of Trump’s ability to combat antisemitism, new survey shows

by Jacob Kornbluh January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
Israeli soldiers operate in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, on Nov. 28, 2024. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Some Israeli soldiers traveling abroad are facing war crimes inquiries over their Gaza service

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 7, 2025January 7, 2025
The entrance to a parking lot, with a sign that says "Menlo-Atherton High School Main Entrance"
Posted inEducation

‘They couldn’t care less about me’: Details of Peninsula schools antisemitism lawsuit

by Emma Goss January 6, 2025January 7, 2025

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