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Outside a pumpkin carving event held by State Sen. Scott Wiener, a protester holds up a sign that reads "Scott Wiener is a lonely white supremacist." (Screenshot via @SFJCRC on X)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener’s family pumpkin carving event marred by two groups of protesters

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 28, 2024October 29, 2024
a red-haired young man hugs someone in the sunshine
Posted inBay Area

Tension over hiring an Israeli counselor roiled a Bay Area music camp and ended friendships

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
Images from recent ads by, clockwise from top left, the Jewish Democratic Council of America, the Democratic Majority for Israel and the Republican Jewish Coalition. (JTA collage by Joseph Strauss)
Posted inAnalysis

In closing campaign arguments, Jewish partisans articulate Jewish fears that have gone mainstream

by Andrew Silow-Carroll October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
A man in a press flak jacket holds up a red "channel 13" microphone
Posted inIsrael

This Israeli journalist reported on Hamas for decades. But Oct. 7 took him by surprise

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 25, 2024October 29, 2024
a small photo of Miriam and Brachie inset within a larger photo of a giraffe standing near a very tall mountain
Posted inBay Area

Why a mother-daughter team from Chabad Berkeley are going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro

by Ryan Torok October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
An old woman speaks into a microphone
Posted inBay Area

Marin teens sit rapt as Holocaust survivor, 94, tells her story

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
A man carries an AI-generated image of former president and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump carrying cats away from Haitian immigrants, a reference to falsehoods spread about Springfield, Ohio, during a campaign rally for Trump at the Tucson Music Hall in Tucson, Arizona, Sept. 12, 2024. (Rebecca Noble/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Ahead of election, Jewish groups decry ‘xenophobia’ and ‘hate’ toward immigrants

by Ron Kampeas October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
a hut with the words "Sukkot means... respect the land, respect the people, free Palestine" in the middle of a large metal gateway
Posted inBay Area

‘Gaza solidarity sukkah’ at UC Berkeley’s Sather Gate is dismantled in one day

by Emma Goss October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
Pro-Palestinian students at UCLA campus set up encampment in support of Gaza and protest the Israeli attacks in Los Angeles, California, May 1, 2024. (Grace Yoon/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

UCLA allowed antisemitism to fester, campus task force says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev October 23, 2024October 23, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ (and agree) on the Middle East

by Ron Kampeas October 23, 2024October 23, 2024

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