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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

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
A conspiracy theorist who claimed that "Israel murdered their own people on Oct. 7" at the Nov. 27 meeting of the Oakland City Council, as seen in a video of extreme comments from the meeting that went viral. (Screenshot/X-@SFJCRC)
Posted inNews

Video of ‘disturbing comments’ at Oakland City Council meeting on Gaza goes viral

by J. Staff November 30, 2023December 6, 2023
Eyal Waldman speaking to members of the Bay Area chapter of UnXeptable on Nov. 29.
Posted inNews

Eyal Waldman, a tech giant whose daughter was killed by Hamas, is open to peace

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 30, 2023December 4, 2023
Keren Shem, the mother of French-Israeli woman Mia Shem who was freed from Hamas captivity today, holds a photograph of her daughter as she speaks to the press in Tel Aviv, Oct. 17, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Gil Cohen Magen-AFP via Getty Images)
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Last remaining teens and Mia Shem, seen in early hostage video, among 8 freed from Gaza on Thursday

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer November 30, 2023November 30, 2023

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