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Lana the cat and
Rebekah Bzdick the human both work at Lombard Funeral Home, one of the primary funeral homes used by Sacramento-area Jews. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inJewish Life

Meet the Jewish funeral cats of Sacramento

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss January 10, 2024January 11, 2024
A group of East Bay residents rally in support of the hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza every day on an East Bay overpass. (Photo/Instagram @24_bring_them_home)
Posted inNews

For nearly 100 days, this group has hung ‘Bring Them Home’ banners on a Walnut Creek overpass

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 10, 2024February 1, 2024
Members of a conversion program in New York City on Dec. 21, 2023. Jasamine Hodge is seated in the center in a white sweater, with her fiancé Adir standing to her left. Seated on the right are Rabbis Adam Mintz and Avram Mlotek. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hodge)
Posted inNews

‘I just felt this urgency’: For some, Oct. 7 fueled a renewed dedication to becoming Jewish

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis January 10, 2024
Elan Carr, Donald Trump's former antisemitism envoy, and others speak at a press conference at the site of Paul Kessler's death in Thousand Oaks, California, Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inU.S.

Antisemitic incidents have ‘skyrocketed’ in the United States since Oct. 7, ADL says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales January 10, 2024January 10, 2024
District 5 Supervisor Dean Preston (center) thanks supporters of the resolution after it passed 8-3 at San Francisco City Hall, Jan. 9, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

S.F. Board of Supervisors adopts compromise Gaza resolution calling for cease-fire and release of hostages

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
Children outside 770 Eastern Parkway, Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn, on Jan. 9, 2023. (Photo/Forward-Mira Fox
Posted inAnalysis

So why were those yeshiva students digging an unauthorized tunnel at Chabad headquarters?

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
Signs held by members of the "peace bloc" who attended the March for Israel in Washington, D.C., Nov. 14, 2023. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inU.S.

Americans for Peace Now becomes first US Zionist group to call for an end to the Gaza war

by Ron Kampeas January 9, 2024January 9, 2024
Elyse Weiner holds a sign demanding humanitarian relief in Gaza during a peace vigil in Oakland, Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Israeli-organized peace vigil makes space for people to mourn both sides

Alix Wall by Alix Wall January 8, 2024January 9, 2024
Protesters pose for a picture while holding a sign that says "Hamas" at a rally in El Cerrito, Jan. 6. (Photo/Courtesy)
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Israeli flag burned as pro-Palestinian march in East Bay turns violent

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 8, 2024
Rev. Amos C. Brown of Third Baptist Church delivers his annual MLK weekend sermon at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco, Jan. 12, 2018. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish and multifaith MLK Day events around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 8, 2024January 8, 2024

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