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Lt. Yannai Kaminka would have turned 21 on Oct. 30.
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Sacramento woman’s grandson died saving other IDF soldiers from Hamas

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz October 27, 2023October 31, 2023
Iddo Gefen (center) hiking with his friend Sagi Golan (left) and another friend in an undated photo. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy of Gefen)
Posted inBooks

An Israeli author was excited for his best friend’s wedding. After Oct. 7, it became a funeral.

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman October 27, 2023October 27, 2023
Shirel Tayeb and Reuven Lebetkin are married at Israel's northern border on Oct. 23, 2023. Their planned wedding date took place during the Israel-Hamas war and they chose to move forward with changes. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Lebetkin)
Posted inNews

Israelis are going forward with their weddings despite war and loss in their own families

by Deborah Danan October 27, 2023October 27, 2023
MK Matan Kahana and moderator Janine Zacharia at the Z3 Conference in Palo Alto, Dec. 11, 2022. (Photo/Saul Bromberger)
Posted inBay Area

Z3 conference pivots to Israel at war — and lowers the price for all

by Sue Fishkoff October 26, 2023October 27, 2023
The windows are boarded up at the Jewish-owned Smitten Ice Cream on Valencia in San Francisco after the shop was vandalized, Oct. 25, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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UPDATED: Jewish-owned Smitten Ice Cream vandalized with broken windows and pro-Palestinian tag

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 26, 2023October 26, 2023
Family and friends attend the Oct. 25 funeral of three members of the Sharabi family, Lian, Noya and Yahel, who were murdered by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chaim Goldberg-Flash90)
Posted inNews

At a Dead Sea hotel, refugees from Kibbutz Be’eri count their dead and grieve

by Eliyahu Freedman October 26, 2023
Ventura Boulevard cutting through the Studio City area of Los Angeles. (Photo/Flickr via  Steve Hymon CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Posted inCalifornia

LA break-in investigated as hate crime after intruder allegedly tells Jewish family he wants to kill Jews

by Andrew Lapin October 26, 2023
The names of Israelis and Palestinians who have been killed since Oct. 7 were read during a vigil at Manny’s, a cafe and civic space in San Francisco's Mission District, Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inPhilanthropy

‘Ripped in half’: American Jews grapple with how to donate to Israel and Gaza

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld October 26, 2023
The Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo/Tristan Harward via Wikimedia Commons)
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UC Berkeley nixes T.A.’s offer of extra credit for pro-Palestinian protesting

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
Yuval Halivnim, seen here in his Israel Scouts uniform, is among the dead Israeli staff members being mourned by Camp Tel Yehudah. (Photo/JTA-Camp Tel Yehudah Facebook)
Posted inU.S.

‘Very much a family thing’: US Jewish summer camps mourn Israeli alumni killed in Hamas war

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis October 25, 2023October 25, 2023

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