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Israelis take cover in the street during a rocket attack from Gaza on Ashkelon, in southern Israel, Nov. 13, 2019. (JTA/Gil Cohen-Magen/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Terror groups’ rocket barrage continues as Israel retaliates, leaving 23 dead in Gaza

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 13, 2019
Anti-Semitic incidents in New York City have increased significantly this year. (JTA/Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

What is causing the spike in anti-Semitic attacks in Brooklyn?

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA November 12, 2019
Chesa Boudin celebrates his district attorney win, Nov. 9, 2019. (Photo/Natasha Florentino-Courtesy Boudin campaign)
Posted inNews

Public defender and Jewish son of jailed radicals elected District Attorney of S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 12, 2019November 13, 2019
Rabbis Jason Rodich and Sydney Mintz toast the 20th anniversary of Congregation Emanu-El's "Late Shabbat" with shots of tequila on the bimah, Nov. 9, 2019. (Gabe Stutman)
Posted inBay Area, Religion, Jewish Life, News

Late Shabbat: Tacos, beer and 20 years of young adult ‘tribe’ in S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 12, 2019November 12, 2019
The home of Palestinian Islamic Jihad senior commander Baha Abu al-Ata was hit by an Israeli air strike in Gaza City on Nov. 12, 2019, killing al-Ata and his wife in what the Israel Defense Forces called a "surgical strike." (JTA/Hassan Jedi/Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel assassinates Islamic Jihad leader, rockets fired from Gaza in retaliation

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 12, 2019November 12, 2019
In this session at the Z3 conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 10, 2019, Stanford Hillel students led round table conversations asking participants how they would have handled real-life campus situations. (Photo/Courtesy Z3)
Posted inBay Area

Blossoming into a movement, Zionism confab in Palo Alto packs the house

by Sue Fishkoff November 11, 2019November 12, 2019
Former Member of Knesset Tzipi Livni speaking to J. at the Z3 conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 10, 2019. (Saul Bromberger)
Posted inBay Area

Tzipi Livni at Z3: All Jews need to ‘play together’

by Gabriel Greschler November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
The first issue of Sh'ma, First issue, Nov. 1970, was four-page bi-weekly journal. The last issue, Nov. 2019, was a monthly publication available online as a PDF.
Posted inCulture

Sh’ma, storied journal of ideas, is no more

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
Donald Trump waving after addressing the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2016, before he was elected president. (JTA/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images)
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Trump will appear at annual conference of the Israeli-American Council

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 11, 2019November 11, 2019
Nabeel Abboud Ashkar, one of the founders of the Polyphony Conservatory.
Posted inCulture

Arab and Jewish musicians find common purpose in Polyphony Quartet

Andrew Gilbert by Andrew Gilbert November 11, 2019November 11, 2019

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