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A JewBelong billboard in San Carlos that originally said "Hamas is your problem too" was rewritten and defaced by activists to say "Zionism is your problem too." (Photo/Courtesy anonymous activists)
Posted inBay Area

Bay Area billboards become another front in Israel-Hamas war

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 12, 2023December 19, 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
The intersection where an alleged antisemitic assault took place in Beverly Hills on Dec. 9, 2023, is also home to the city's police headquarters. (Screenshot/JTA via Google Maps)
Posted inUncategorized

Man charged with hate crime in alleged robbery and assault on Jew in Beverly Hills on Shabbat

by JTA December 12, 2023December 12, 2023
Farley's East in Oakland. (Photo/Farley's East)
Posted inBay Area

3 workers fired, 3 quit after scuffle over anti-Israel graffiti at Oakland cafe

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 11, 2023December 12, 2023
Left: Tamir Ben-Shalom is the bar manager and, since March of this year, the owner of Bull Valley Roadhouse in Port Costa. Right: The dining room of Bull Valley Roadhouse. (Photos/Risa Scott)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Owner of funky roadhouse in Port Costa worked his way up from busboy

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 11, 2023December 20, 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
An ad from Federation in the Dec. 13, 2002 issue of J. displayed a mosaic of faces of locals who volunteered to make calls for that year's Federation annual campaign. (Photo/J. Archives)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Federation makes a bold change, moving from community grantmaker to philanthropic adviser

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 8, 2023December 10, 2023
Farley's East in Oakland. (Photo/Farley's East)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland coffee shop apologizes after scuffle over anti-Israel graffiti

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 7, 2023December 8, 2023
a child lights a menorah
Posted inNews

‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How U.S. Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis December 7, 2023
A Palestinian American teenager urges the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to support a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

S.F. supervisor introduces cease-fire resolution amid ‘very real pain’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Aaron Levy-Wolins by Lea Loeb and Aaron Levy-Wolins December 6, 2023December 7, 2023

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