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Ben Shapiro onstage
Posted inPolitics

Ben Shapiro denounces Tucker Carlson at Heritage, urges policing of conservative movement

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 18, 2025December 18, 2025
Noa Argamani, a former hostage in Gaza, tells her story at the OFJCC in Palo Alto on Dec. 16. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

‘If we give up, we just lose,’ former hostage Noa Argamani says in Bay Area

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 17, 2025December 18, 2025
Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics

At White House Hanukkah party, Trump says Congress ‘is becoming antisemitic’

by Andrew Lapin December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
Norman Podhoretz
Posted inObituaries

Norman Podhoretz, Commentary editor and archetypal Jewish neoconservative, dies at 95

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 17, 2025December 17, 2025
SF Hillel's building sustained damage in a suspected arson on Dec. 5. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

UPDATE: Suspect named in alleged arson at SF Hillel that caused ‘significant damage’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
Hanukkah cards came in from across the country to JBI Library. (Courtesy)
Posted inHanukkah

Kids at two local synagogues create Braille Hanukkah cards 

Rahel Knight (Courtesy) by Rahel Knight December 16, 2025December 17, 2025
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns visits Ahmed Al Ahmed
Posted inWorld

$2.3M raised for Muslim man who disarmed a Bondi Beach attacker

by Grace Gilson December 16, 2025December 16, 2025
Boris Gurman
Posted inWorld

Footage emerges of Jewish man trying to disarm Bondi Beach shooters before massacre

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 16, 2025December 16, 2025
The FBI released a video they say of people in the desert preparing to test explosives as they announce the arrest of alleged members of an extremist group that are suspected of planning bombing attacks in Southern California on New Year's Eve in Los Angeles on Monday, December 15, 2025. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

4 members of pro-Palestinian group arrested for allegedly planning L.A. bombings

by Grace Gilson December 16, 2025December 16, 2025
Rabbi Eli Schlanger (center) was a Chabad emissary who was killed in Sunday's attack on Bondi Beach. (Courtesy Chabad)
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Bay Area Jews recount horrors witnessed by loved ones at Bondi Beach massacre

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 15, 2025February 16, 2026

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