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Kidney recipient Paul (left), who asked to remain anonymous, wraps tefillin with kidney donor Rabbi Raleigh Resnick in the hospital. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Pleasanton rabbi donates a kidney to save the life of a congregant

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva February 12, 2024February 21, 2024
A woman places a lawn sign with the slogan “Stand Up To Jewish Hate” during a scene from a Super Bowl advertisement from the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism. (Screenshot)
Posted inSports

What is ‘Jewish hate’? Super Bowl ad leaves some confused

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld February 12, 2024
Norberto Louis Har, 70 (left), and Fernando Simon Marman, 60, were rescued in a nighttime operation in Rafah. (Courtesy of the Hostages Families Forum)
Posted inNews

In first since October, IDF rescues 2 hostages from Gaza

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and Eliyahu Freedman February 12, 2024February 12, 2024
Eden Shmuel, 32, recounts surviving the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on the Nova music festival near Kibbutz Re’im, Israel, at a private home in Piedmont, Feb. 8, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Telling her story in Bay Area helps Oct. 7 Nova massacre survivor ‘live again’

by Sue Fishkoff February 9, 2024February 9, 2024
Online matchmaking has become a national pastime for Israelis who want to envision a life beyond war. (JTA Collage by Grace Yagel)
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‘I want to get married before a rocket lands on my head’: War has amped up Israel’s passion for matchmaking

by Deborah Danan February 8, 2024
Members of the Camp Tawonga community at a Kol Nidrei service in Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland Sept. 24, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

Push for cease-fire puts Camp Tawonga on unfamiliar ground

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Migrants cross the border to the United States near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Feb. 6, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Christian Torres-Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Israel aid debate revealed differences among Jewish groups over immigration

by Ron Kampeas February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Pearl Berg (aged 3) with her parents Archiebald and Anna (Gerson) Synenberg in 1913; at right, Berg in recent years. (Photos/JTA-Gerontology Research Group, Gerry Teitelbaum-Judy Taback)
Posted inObituaries

Pearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 7, 2024
Near the UC Berkeley campus, a truck from the organization Accuracy in Media encourages potential employers to pledge not to hire Berkeley Law students who AIM says are antisemites, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy of Accuracy in Media)
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Truck that doxxes alleged antisemites returns to UC Berkeley

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2024February 7, 2024
Hajem Almukdad is the owner of Old Jerusalem restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District, which was recently targeted with anti-Palestinian graffiti. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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Palestinian restaurant in San Francisco targeted with anti-Palestinian graffiti

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2024February 7, 2024

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