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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol, May 7, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism

by Ron Kampeas May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Hundreds of observers pack the quad at San Francisco State University for an open negotiation session between pro-Palestinian protesters and university administrators, May 6, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. State president negotiates with tent camp leaders over Israel investments

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 8, 2024
Nathan Thrall (right) discusses his book, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," with moderator Mark Danner at the JCCSF on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area native Nathan Thrall wins Pulitzer; S.F. reporter Peter Waldman named finalist

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2024June 24, 2024
Spelling out the words, "Decision time, life or death," demonstrators protest, calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip, outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 6, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Chaim Goldberg-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel announces Rafah invasion and Hamas signals openness to truce in key day of diplomacy and warfare

by Ron Kampeas May 6, 2024
Bella Barany, 87, a Berkeley resident who told J. she is making aliyah soon to join her daughter in Israel, flashes a smile as she holds an Israeli flag on a pedestrian overpass in Berkeley in support of the hostages in Gaza, May 5, 2024. (Photo/Ido Bartana)
Posted inBay Area

New East Bay overpass vigil — this one in Berkeley — calls attention to hostages

by Sue Fishkoff May 6, 2024May 7, 2024
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
(From left) Larry Cohler-Esses, Nancy Kaufman, Nomi Colton-Max, Ruth Messinger and Arielle Angel take part in a panel on Israel and progressivism at Ansche Chesed in Manhattan, May 2, 2024. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inAnalysis

At a Manhattan synagogue, ‘normie’ pro-Israel liberals stage a last stand

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 6, 2024
An Israeli army vehicle moves after Hamas fired a mortar attack on May 5, 2024 in Kerem Shalom, Israel. (Photo/JTA-Amir Levy-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

With talks at an impasse and evacuation ordered in Rafah, Hamas and Israel trade deadly fire

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 6, 2024
Miguel Cardona, secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, participates in a public event in New York City, April 12, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Large Jewish organizations boycott meeting with education secretary because progressive Jewish groups would be present

by Ron Kampeas May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
Yom HaShoah
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Photos of Holocaust victims adorn California Legislature as it commemorates Yom HaShoah

by Hannah Ross May 4, 2024May 15, 2024

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