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Jean Luc Mélenchon, a leader of the left-wing New Popular Front, speaks in front of thousands of supporters on Place de la République on June 30, 2024 in Paris. (Pierre Crom/Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

French Jews caught in the middle as voters reject far right

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov July 8, 2024July 8, 2024
Tessa Veksler at the May 20 celebration of Jewish American Heritage Month at the White House. (Courtesy)
Posted inNews

At 22, East Bay native Tessa Veksler is a Jewish leader with national sway

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein July 5, 2024December 4, 2024
Emil Knopf with a Sinai Memorial Chapel hat on at Sinai's Hanukkah outreach booth in San Francisco's Union Square, 2022. Sinai was one of many Jewish organizations Knopf donated his time to over the years. (Courtesy)
Posted inObituaries

Emil Knopf, Holocaust survivor, Levi Strauss executive, community volunteer dies at 91

by Dan Pine July 5, 2024July 8, 2024
Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef (right) and Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau attending a New Year's ceremony at the national headquarters of the Israel Police in Jerusalem, Sept. 7, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel’s chief rabbis leave their posts as term ends with no election set

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 5, 2024July 5, 2024
Labour Party leader Keir Starmer speaks in London, Feb. 15, 2023. (Stefan Rousseau/PA Images via Getty Images)
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Keir Starmer, the new UK prime minister, prioritized fighting antisemitism in Labour Party

Ben Sales by Ben Sales July 5, 2024July 5, 2024
Chabad of Oakland's menorah at Lake Merritt on Dec. 10, 2023 (right), two days before it was vandalized, pulled down and thrown in the lake (left). (Courtesy Chabad of Oakland)
Posted inCalifornia

Report: Anti-Jewish hate crimes in California rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year

by Sue Fishkoff July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Police and rescue forces outside the scene of a stabbing attack in Carmiel, northern Israel, July 3, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
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Israel and Hamas mulling latest hostage deal as unrest roils region

by Ron Kampeas July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Gavin Newsom meets with a Californian survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in October. (Courtesy office of the Governor)
Posted inPolitics

Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and other talked-about contenders to replace Joe Biden, and their Jewish stories

by Ron Kampeas July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups face off at Stanford University on May 12, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

At Stanford, two differing reports detail antisemitism, Islamophobia since Oct. 7

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 2, 2024July 2, 2024
a balding man in a suit stands stoically
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New regulations hinder donations of gear to Israeli soldiers, charities say

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 2, 2024July 2, 2024

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