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Kaley Halperin leads Selichot services in Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, Sept. 22, 2024. (Courtesy Rabba Anat Sharbat)
Posted inReligion

From Hostages Square, High Holiday prayers aim to transcend Israel’s fractured politics

by Deborah Danan September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Two women on a beach boardwalk
Posted inBay Area

Incoming Federation chair Laura Lauder seeks to strengthen community

by Dan Pine September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
Police and sheriff's deputies break through a crowd of protesters outside the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Bay Area Gala in San Carlos, Nov. 5, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

‘Week of Rage’ and other anti-Zionist protests planned on Oct. 7 anniversary

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Two young men in baseball uniforms lean on a fence in front of the dugout
Posted inSports

Meet the Kligman brothers: Orthodox baseball players find their sweet spot at Sac State

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
i voted sticker spool on white surface
Posted inPolitics

The Jewish vote could swing the election in 7 key battleground states. Here’s how

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz September 24, 2024November 4, 2024
an old woman with a slight smile stands amid a ruined building
Posted inObituaries

Fania Brantsovsky, last living Vilna ghetto partisan resistance fighter, dies at 102

by David I. Klein September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Police separate Israel supporters and pro-Palestinian demonstrators in Times Square, New York City, October 13, 2023. (Luke Tress)
Posted inNews

Antisemitic incidents jumped 63% in 2023, according to FBI data

by Luke Tress September 24, 2024September 24, 2024
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger (left) and Noor A'wad of Roots speak at Berkeley's Congregation Beth El on Sept. 17. (Serena Heaslip)
Posted inBay Area

A settler and a Palestinian, still talking after Oct. 7, bring their conversation to the Bay Area

Alix Wall by Alix Wall September 23, 2024September 24, 2024
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

UCSF says it took action after professor’s post ‘targeting’ Israeli medical student

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 23, 2024September 28, 2025
a man and a woman sit on the steps of a synagogue bimah
Posted inU.S.

Springfield, Ohio, rabbi will meet with local Haitian leaders after disparaging community

by Andrew Lapin September 23, 2024September 23, 2024

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