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Mahmoud Khalil, who was targeted by the Trump administration for his participation in protests against Israel at Columbia University, poses for a portrait at the New York Civil Liberties Union offices in Manhattan. (Melanie Einzig for the Forward)

U.S.

Mahmoud Khalil wants to reassure you

by Arno Rosenfeld April 8, 2026April 8, 2026

Participants dance through the “Red Sea” during the Deadhead seder in San Rafael on April 4. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Annual Deadhead seder is definitely different from all others

by Aaron Levy-Wolins April 7, 2026April 14, 2026

A 300-pound plaster sphinx head from Cecil B. DeMille's 1923 film "The Then Commandments," which was buried along with the rest of the set under the sand at Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes for almost a century. (Courtesy Dunes Center)

10 things to do with your kids during Passover in Northern California

by Lea Loeb April 7, 2026April 7, 2026

Hundreds of British and Israeli Jews protest against the policies of the Israeli government of Benjamin Netanyahu in London, March 24, 2023. (Mark Kerrison/In Pictures via Getty Images)

Silence is not solidarity: Diaspora Jews must speak when Israel strays

by Mick Davis March 31, 2026March 31, 2026

Born in Lithuania, Pauline Newman became one of the most influential labor organizers of the early U.S. labor movement. (Courtesy of Cathryn J. Prince)

We’re forgetting the lessons of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

by Cathryn J. Prince March 24, 2026March 24, 2026

A member of security staff during a community safety event hosted by the Oakland Jewish Alliance at Temple Beth Abraham in Oakland, Sept. 7, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

How Bay Area Jewish orgs are re-examining security after the Michigan attack

by Niva Ashkenazi March 16, 2026March 16, 2026

Bettina Devin as Ruth Gold in "Lox." (Screenshot)

Film

Boichik Bagels is the setting for short drama ‘Lox’ at East Bay Jewish film fest

by David A.M. Wilensky March 5, 2026March 5, 2026

Mickey Gitzin, right, and Daniel Sokatch take part in a pro-democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv, part of a wave of protests that engulfed the country after the government proposed a judicial branch overhaul in early 2023. Gitzin is stepping in as interim CEO of the New Israel Fund as Sokatch, its current head, takes a year-long sabbatical. (Courtesy NIF)

New leader of New Israel Fund makes the case for liberal democracy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 16, 2026January 16, 2026

Adam Musa (left), who fled his village in West Darfur to escape violence committed by the Sudanese government, hugs Rabbi Lee Bycel at the Kounongo Refugee Camp in Chad in 2009. (Courtesy Lee Bycel)

Sudan’s ongoing nightmare still deserves the world’s attention

by Rabbi Lee Bycel January 15, 2026January 21, 2026

Rabbi Rafi Ellenson (L) and Rabbi Arielle Stein (R), the creators of the "Rabbinic Fit Check" Instagram account. (JTA/Rafi Ellenson)

Los Gatos rabbi’s ‘Rabbinic Fit Check’ takes off on Instagram

by Grace Gilson December 26, 2025December 26, 2025