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Yana Agranovsky Berger is the new executive director of the Contra Costa Jewish Community Center. (Iris Giladi Photography)
Posted inBay Area

Contra Costa JCC gets new executive director, its first full-time staff in years

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Balloons drop from the rafters after the conclusion of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center, Chicago, Aug. 22, 2024. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

We asked Jewish DNC attendees about their party and Israel. Here’s what they told us.

by Ron Kampeas August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Qaid Farhan Al-Qadi was rescued from Gaza by Israeli troops on Aug. 27, 2024. (Israel Defense Forces)
Posted inIsrael

Hostage rescued from tunnel in Gaza; Bedouin father of 11 was a security guard on Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales August 27, 2024August 27, 2024
Pelinnor Calderon holds a sign calling for the return of hostages during a rally for Hersh Goldberg-Polin on a freeway overpass in Berkeley, Aug. 25, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Hope is mandatory’: Berkeley rally puts spotlight on Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 26, 2024August 27, 2024
J. Editor in Chief Chanan Tigay (left) interviews former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert
Posted inIsrael

Exclusive interview: Former PM Ehud Olmert on the existential threat facing Israel — from within

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay August 26, 2024September 8, 2024
Two women and two men pose, holding up a large plaque award
Posted inU.S.

Claims of ‘ego-driven jihad’ as feud escalates at Zionist Organization of America

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
A man stands talking next to large red generators
Posted inUncategorized

Baking matzah and defying blackouts, Dnipro’s Jews press on despite the grind of Russia’s war on Ukraine

by Marcel Gascón Barberá August 26, 2024August 26, 2024
This photo taken from a position in northern Israel shows a Hezbollah UAV intercepted by Israeli air forces over northern Israel, Aug. 25, 2024. (Jalaa Marey/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon, thwarting what it said was an imminent attack on Israeli civilians

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 25, 2024August 25, 2024
(From left) Oakland Ballers cofounder Bryan Carmel with his parents, Jori and Richard Carmel, at a Ballers game at Raimondi Park in Oakland on June 8, 2024. (Courtesy Bryan Carmel)
Posted inSports

Jewish leaders buy in to Oakland Ballers, continuing Haas family baseball legacy

Gabe Fisher by Gabe Fisher August 23, 2024August 25, 2024
Potash gestures upward to the telephone wires overhead
Posted inReligion

San Francisco’s third eruv expands options for Shabbat-observant Jews in Noe Valley, the Mission and the Castro

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky August 23, 2024August 26, 2024

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