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A Neilah service in 2017. Neilah was part of the ancient liturgy for communal fast days called in times of distress. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Anna Carson-DeWitt)
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Taking up ancient ritual for times of distress, Jews are fasting in response to attack on Israel

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg October 12, 2023October 12, 2023
(Photo/Adobe Express Stock)
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Israeli, U.S. parents urged to monitor children’s apps for disturbing content

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis October 11, 2023October 12, 2023
An undated photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who moved to Israel from the U.S. at the age of 7. (Photo/Courtesy-JTA-Jon Polin)
Posted inNews

Berkeley-born Hersh Goldberg-Polin among North Americans missing in Hamas invasion

by Ron Kampeas October 8, 2023October 8, 2023
Clergy and congregants sing "Hatikvah," Israel's national anthem, while holding Torah scrolls during a muted Simchat Torah service at Anshe Emet Synagogue in Chicago, Oct. 7, 2023. (Screenshot)
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Across the U.S., Simchat Torah festivities are muted by anxiety about Israel at war

by JTA October 8, 2023
Bruce Friedman, a Jewish father in Clay County, Florida, has successfully pushed his public school to remove "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" and has challenged hundreds of other books. (Screenshot/YouTube; Graphic/JTA-Mollie Suss)
Posted inU.S.

This Jewish dad got a version of Anne Frank’s diary banned from his Florida school district

by Andrew Lapin October 6, 2023October 6, 2023
(From left) San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s granddaughter Eileen Mariano hold their hands on their hearts as an honor guard presents flags during Feinstein’s memorial service at San Francisco City Hall, Oct. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein praised as ‘woman of valor’ as Fleet Week jets scream overhead 

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
A view of the Secure Community Network's command center in Chicago. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy SCN)
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Synagogue bomb threats continue despite arrest of a suspect

by Andrew Lapin October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
a black and white photo of Dianne Feinstein lighting a menorah
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Feinstein’s Jewish story was part of her political legacy

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 2, 2023January 25, 2024
Dianne Feinstein, running for Senate, speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Madison Square Garden, New York City, July 13, 1992. (Photo/JTA-Mark Reinstein-Corbis via Getty Images)
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Dianne Feinstein, Jewish former mayor of S.F. and longest-serving woman in Senate, dies at 90

by JTA and J. Staff September 29, 2023October 2, 2023
Cindy Marten, deputy secretary of education, talks with a student at the rollout of the Department of Education's antisemitism listening tour at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, Sept. 28, 2023. (Photo/Dallis Willard-Courtesy Contemporary Jewish Museum)
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Biden administration launches plan to combat antisemitism with event at CJM in San Francisco

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky and JTA September 28, 2023October 5, 2023

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