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An estimated 200 young Bnei Menashe men have joined the Israeli military's war effort. (Photo/Courtesy Degel Menashe)
Posted inWorld

Indian Bnei Menashe Jews miraculously survived Oct. 7. Now they’re fighting wars in Israel and India.

by Jordyn Haime December 7, 2023December 7, 2023
Rabbi David Ellenson, who served for 12 years as president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, has died at the age of 76. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy HUC)
Posted inObituaries

Rabbi David Ellenson, former president of Reform seminary and widely admired mentor, dies at 76

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 7, 2023
A Palestinian American teenager urges the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to support a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

S.F. supervisor introduces cease-fire resolution amid ‘very real pain’

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Lea Loeb and Aaron Levy-Wolins December 6, 2023December 7, 2023
Eric Burnstein asked his parents to share his story about suffering from a mysterious illness. (Photo/Courtesy Burnstein family)
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay foundation in son’s memory supports people with ‘invisible disabilities’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 6, 2023December 11, 2023
The Israeli U.N. mission hosted an event on Dec. 4, 2023, to focus on the rapes committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 and to press the international community to speak out more forcefully against the sexual violence.
(Photo/JTA-Jackie Hajdenberg)
Posted inWorld

Jewish activists take campaign about Oct. 7 sex crimes to the UN

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg December 6, 2023December 6, 2023
Rimon Kirsht (left) hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity. (Photo/Courtesy Nil Kirscht)
Posted inNews

Released hostage’s ‘worst fear’ was being forgotten, Bay Area relative says

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 4, 2023
Shlomo Avineri at the Halifax International Security Forum in 2014. (Photo/JTA via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inObituaries

Shlomo Avineri, dovish Israeli political philosopher and public intellectual, dies at 90

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 4, 2023
Aviv Shakked picks avocados at Kibbutz Be'eri near Gaza, where the Mill Valley teen volunteered last month. (Photo/Courtesy Shakked)
Posted inNews

Marin teen follows his heart, travels solo to Israel to volunteer on evacuated kibbutzim

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
Kibbutz Kfar Aza took massive damage in the Oct. 7 attacks. (Photo/Courtesy Laura Lauder)
Posted inBay Area

Devastation and signs of hope seen on Federation mission to Israel

by Dan Pine December 1, 2023December 4, 2023
This picture taken from southern Israel near the border with the Gaza Strip shows a rocket being fired from inside Gaza towards Israel, as battles resumed between the Israeli forces and Hamas militants, Dec. 1, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Israel-Hamas war resumes as truce ends after 7 days

Ben Sales by Ben Sales December 1, 2023

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