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Posted inObituaries

Don Chaiken, dedicated East Bay philanthropist, dies at 86

by Dan Pine May 15, 2023May 15, 2023
The Iron Dome missile defense system fires interception missiles as rockets are fired from the Gaza Strip toward Israel on May 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Ceasefire ends Israel-Gaza conflict after five days of fighting

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 15, 2023
Attendees head off to their lobby meetings during the JPAC Capitol Summit in Sacramento, May 10, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JPAC)
Posted inCalifornia

More than 300 Jews lobby state legislators on top concerns at annual JPAC summit

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
Police and first responders at the site where a rocket fired from Gaza damaged a house in the central Israeli city of Rehovot, May 11, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Yossi Aloni-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel-Gaza conflict: Israel suffers first fatality as rocket attacks continue, Palestinian death toll hits 30

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 12, 2023May 12, 2023
The Tahoe Jewish community dressed for Shabbat at Diamond Peak, Feb. 4, 2023. (Photo/Rebecca Meyerholz)
Posted inNorthern California

Tahoe’s ‘mountain Jews’ like to pray and play in the snow

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 12, 2023May 11, 2023
Blowing the shofar for religious school students at Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco. (Photo/Facebook-Congregation Emanu-El)
Posted inEducation

How a national drop in religious school attendance is affecting Bay Area Jews

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 11, 2023May 12, 2023
Tunisian soldiers secure an area near the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, following a shooting on May 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Fethi Belaid-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Tunisia’s Jewish pilgrimage and Tuesday’s shooting, explained

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 11, 2023
Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL Center on Extremism, speaks at a press conference outside the Capitol in Sacramento about a new ADL report on hate in California, May 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy ADL)
Posted inCalifornia

ADL report: Extremism rising alongside antisemitism in California

by Ryan Torok May 10, 2023
Indian army soldiers inspect the remains of a house that was set on fire by a mob in an area of a village in the Senapati district of India's Manipur state, which is home to thousands of Bnei Menashe Jews, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Arun Sankar-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Caught in the crossfire: India’s Bnei Menashe Jews reeling after 1 is killed and synagogue burned

by Jordyn Haime and JTA May 10, 2023
Jewish pilgrims at the Ghriba synagogue on Tunisia's southern resort island of Djerba, May 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Hasan Mrad-DeFodi Images via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

5 killed, including 2 Jewish pilgrims, in shooting attack on historic Tunisian synagogue

by Ron Kampeas and JTA May 10, 2023May 10, 2023

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