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Eric Burnstein asked his parents to share his story about suffering from a mysterious illness. (Photo/Courtesy Burnstein family)
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay foundation in son’s memory supports people with ‘invisible disabilities’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 6, 2023December 11, 2023
Images of victims of the Holocaust in the rotunda of Yad Vashem, Israel's national Holocaust museum and memorial. (Photo/Wikimedia CC0)
Posted inYouth Voice

At my Bay Area high school, Holocaust education barely exists

Ben Siegel by Ben Siegel December 5, 2023
Rimon Kirsht (left) hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity. (Photo/Courtesy Nil Kirscht)
Posted inNews

Released hostage’s ‘worst fear’ was being forgotten, Bay Area relative says

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss December 4, 2023
Detail of the cover of “Quill & Still” by Aaron Sofaer
Posted inBooks

Local authors explore ‘rewilding,’ queer Jewish fantasy, 20th-century wars

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 4, 2023May 2, 2024
Aviv Shakked picks avocados at Kibbutz Be'eri near Gaza, where the Mill Valley teen volunteered last month. (Photo/Courtesy Shakked)
Posted inNews

Marin teen follows his heart, travels solo to Israel to volunteer on evacuated kibbutzim

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
Kibbutz Kfar Aza took massive damage in the Oct. 7 attacks. (Photo/Courtesy Laura Lauder)
Posted inBay Area

Devastation and signs of hope seen on Federation mission to Israel

by Dan Pine December 1, 2023December 4, 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. (Photo illustration/Forward-Nora Berman; screenshot via KTOP-TV)
Posted inLocal Voice

I was shouted down for condemning Hamas in an Oakland City Council meeting

Teresa Drenick (Courtesy) by Teresa Drenick December 1, 2023December 1, 2023
Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 30, 2023December 4, 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
Eyal Waldman speaking to members of the Bay Area chapter of UnXeptable on Nov. 29.
Posted inNews

Eyal Waldman, a tech giant whose daughter was killed by Hamas, is open to peace

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

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