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a timelapse photo shows blurs of people circling a bimah carrying Torahs as a guitar player stands in the center
Posted inReligion

Silent dancing on Simchat Torah? A joyous Jewish holiday is remade for a mournful anniversary.

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis and Deborah Danan October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
Emhoff speaks at a lectern. Signs behind him include "Harris Walz" written in Hebrew letters.
Posted inPolitics

In twin events for Michigan Jewish voters, Doug Emhoff and Ritchie Torres stress Kamala Harris’ pro-Israel bona fides

by Andrew Lapin October 21, 2024October 24, 2024
a teen girl wears a t-shirt with a graphic of a pair
Posted inBay Area

East Bay teen program shuts down after helping hundreds awaken their inner activist

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
A man in a blue blazer holds a microphone as another man waves a Palestinian flag behind him
Posted inU.S.

Forward Poll: Jews divided over role of police, censorship to address campus protests

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
Domantas Sabonis during a game against the San Antonio Spurs, Feb. 22, 2024, in Sacramento. (Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)
Posted inSports

Jewish NBA players to watch — plus a conversion student with the Sacramento Kings

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
a man smiles as he gazes up at the rafters of an unusually angled sukkah
Posted inBay Area

Three design teams erect unique sukkahs for competition at Urban Adamah

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 16, 2024October 18, 2024
Trump shrugs while speaking at a lectern with the RJC logo on it
Posted inPolitics

Forward poll: Jewish voters say Trump is more supportive of Israelis but Harris is better on Gaza war

Lauren Markoe by Lauren Markoe October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
Displaced Palestinians inspect their tents, which were hit from an Israeli airstrike, in the Al-Mawasi area, Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Biden warns Israel to allow humanitarian relief into Gaza or face cuts to military aid

by Ron Kampeas October 16, 2024October 16, 2024
Erwin Chemerinsky is dean of UC Berkeley Law. (Photo/File)
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley Law dean on antisemitism, the campus climate and what free speech is, and is not

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 15, 2024October 16, 2024
A sukkah banner distributed by Hakhel, the Goldberg-Polins’ synagogue in Jerusalem, features Hersh’s face with the word meaning light. Shlomit Sattler hung the banner in her Jerusalem sukkah. (Courtesy Sattler)
Posted inIsrael

Israelis are decorating their first sukkahs since Oct. 7 with symbols of the crisis since

by Deborah Danan October 15, 2024October 15, 2024

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