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Posted inObituaries

20 Jewish celebrities who died in 2023

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman December 19, 2023
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Posted inU.S.

‘Quiet middle’ among U.S. Jews has growing qualms over the war

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
Family members of Americans who were taken hostage by Hamas during the terrorist attacks in Israel on Oct. 7, including, from right, Yael Alexander, Orna Neutra, Adi Alexander and Liz Naftali, talk to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Dec. 13, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Families of American hostages meet with Biden in person for the first time

by Ron Kampeas December 14, 2023December 14, 2023
Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the annual AIPAC policy summit at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C., June 5, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

The debate over what should happen in Gaza after the war, explained

by Ron Kampeas December 13, 2023December 13, 2023
(From left) Sara Levin, executive director of JIMENA; Tova Ricardo of JDC Entwine; Analucía Lopezrevoredo, founder of Jewtina y Co.; Tyler Gregory, executive director of JCRC Bay Area; Joy Sisisky, CEO of San Francisco Jewish Community Federation; and Paula Pretlow of The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation at the 2023 White House Hanukkah party. (Photo/Courtesy JCRC)
Posted inU.S.

Biden’s White House Hanukkah party centers on Oct. 7 massacre

by Ron Kampeas December 12, 2023December 12, 2023
Members of IfNotNow sing during a protest outside the Los Angeles home of Vice President Kamala Harris calling "on those in power to oppose any policies that privilege one group of people over another, in Israel/Palestine and in the U.S," Oct. 19, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Irfan Khan-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

More than 700 staffers of Jewish groups, most of them progressive, appeal to Biden for ceasefire in Israel-Hamas war

by Ron Kampeas December 11, 2023December 12, 2023
A menorah sits on the mantle of the Second Gentleman’s office, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in the Indian Treaty Room of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House. (Photo/JTA-Official White House Photo by Oliver Contreras)
Posted inNews

This Hanukkah, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff will have 3 menorahs that represent Jewish joy and trauma

by Ron Kampeas December 7, 2023
A conspiracy theorist who claimed that "Israel murdered their own people on Oct. 7" at the Nov. 27 meeting of the Oakland City Council, as seen in a video of extreme comments from the meeting that went viral. (Screenshot/X-@SFJCRC)
Posted inNews

Video of ‘disturbing comments’ at Oakland City Council meeting on Gaza goes viral

by J. Staff November 30, 2023December 6, 2023
Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory (far left) sits in the Oakland City Council chambers near supporters of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Oakland City Council OKs cease-fire measure after hours of vitriol

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
Fake blood was among the pro-Palestinian vandalism at Rep. David Valadao's office in Hanford in Kings County, Monday, Nov. 28, 2023. (Photo/@RepDavidValada on X)
Posted inCalifornia

Central Valley congressman’s office vandalized with anti-Israel posters, fake blood

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 28, 2023November 30, 2023

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