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Left: Hen Mazzig in Israel with his mother, Cami, and his grandmother Hela, a Jewish refugee from Iraq who was forced to leave her home in Baghdad in 1951. (Reli Abrahami). Right: An Iraqi Jewish family in Baghdad in 1910 (Jewish Chronicle/Heritage Images/Getty Images).
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My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.

headshot of a younger man in glasses by Hen Mazzig February 6, 2025February 6, 2025
(From left) Rabbi Menachem Margolin of the European Jewish Association, Elon Musk and right-wing pundit Ben Shapiro stand on stage at an EJA conference in Krakow, Poland, Jan. 22, 2024. (Courtesy EJA)
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Does Elon Musk hate Jews in his heart of hearts? That’s not the point

Jason Harris (Courtesy) by Jason Harris February 5, 2025February 5, 2025
a row of small trans flags along a curb
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Trump’s anti-trans executive orders terrify me — and they should scare you too

Jonah Sam Kaye by Jonah "Sam" Kaye February 4, 2025February 6, 2025
The author's kids, Mira (left) and Sam, sit dressed for Halloween on the doorstep of the family's former house in Altadena. (Courtesy of Rebecca Golbert)
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Before the fires, Altadena was our magical place

Rebecca Golbert by Rebecca Golbert February 3, 2025February 3, 2025
A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
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Alameda County treasurer’s Israel divestment decision was personal and biased

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick January 28, 2025January 28, 2025
Agamesh Mengistu, mother of Avera Mengistu, with her son Ilan, in Washington, D.C., Nov. 17, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
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This Ethiopian Israeli has been held in Gaza for over a decade. He deserves to be at the front of the line.

Beza Abebe (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Beza Abebe January 27, 2025January 27, 2025
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference on Jan. 18, 2024. (Kobi Gideon/Israel Government Press Office)
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Netanyahu is still standing politically — but for how much longer? 

Eran Kaplan by Eran Kaplan January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
a heavily armored bulldozer plows through sandy terrain as an Israel flag waves on its back
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Alameda County’s BDS move, for and against

by J. Readers January 24, 2025January 24, 2025
Luba Grungras, who is believed to be the last living survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp in the Bay Area, at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living on Jan. 16, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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‘I did not understand I was still alive’: At 100, Auschwitz survivor recalls Holocaust horrors

by Luba Grungras January 23, 2025January 24, 2025
A man speaks at a lectern. Behind him, "Divest Now" signs can be seen among a seated crowd.
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Alameda County treasurer’s BDS move undermines trust and fairness

Ken Bravmann (Courtesy)Itamar Landau by Ken Bravmann and Itamar Landau January 22, 2025January 22, 2025

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