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Zachary Nelson, seen here hiking in Israel in 2022, was a devoted pro-Israel activist.
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Zachary Nelson, 27, pro-Israel activist from Alameda, dies in diving accident

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss February 6, 2023February 7, 2023
Bay Area Council for Soviet Jews' daily vigil in front of the Soviet Consulate, Nov. 24, 1986 (Photo/Tom Wachs)
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Soviet Jewry protest leaders in San Francisco secretly recruited help from Jews for Jesus, FBI file says

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev and JTA February 6, 2023
A view of collapsed building after a 7.4 magnitude earthquake hit Hatay, Turkey, Feb. 6, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Ali Kemal Zerenli-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Israel sends aid to Turkey and Syria in wake of earthquake that has killed thousands

by David I. Klein and JTA February 6, 2023
Manny Yekutiel is the proprietor of Manny's — and a whole lot more. (Photo/Natalie Schrik)
Posted inBay Area

Manny about town: S.F. cafe owner is everything, everywhere, all at once

by Dan Pine February 6, 2023February 6, 2023
Images from incidents at the Schneerson Center (left) and Balboa Theater, possibly involving the same suspect.
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Arrest made in San Francisco synagogue shooting incident 

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 4, 2023February 6, 2023
Images from incidents at the Schneerson Center (left) and Balboa Theater, possibly involving the same suspect.
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S.F. synagogue shooter remains at large as FBI joins investigation

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 3, 2023March 8, 2023
The Schneerson Center, a synagogue serving mainly Russian-speaking Jews in San Francisco, was the site of an incident in which a man fired several blanks from a gun. (Photo/Google Maps)
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Why we took the shooting video down

Sue Barnett 2025Jo Ellen Green Kaiser by Sue Barnett and Jo Ellen Green Kaiser February 3, 2023February 3, 2023
Screenshot from CCTV footage of the Schneerson Center in San Francisco, Feb. 1, 2023, as an intruder fires blanks into the room during a study session.
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Shooting rattles Russian Jewish center in San Francisco

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 2, 2023March 8, 2023
Unconfirmed photo of damage to a historic synagogue in Huliaipole, Ukraine, posted on Twitter.
Posted inWorld

Russian missiles reportedly damage a historic synagogue in southeastern Ukraine

by David I. Klein and JTA February 2, 2023
(From left) W. Kamau Bell, Mira Stern, Courtney Desiree Morris and Adam Mansbach discussed ties between the Black and Jewish communities at a Jan. 17 forum at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco. (Photo/Bowerbird Photography)
Posted inAnalysis

What does the Black-Jewish alliance look like in 2023? In a word, messy

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 2, 2023December 31, 2023

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