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Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza wore "BRING THEM HOME NOW" T-shirts to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress in Washington, D.C. on July 24, 2024. (Screenshot via Twitter)
Posted inPolitics

As Netanyahu vows to ‘bring them home,’ six hostage family members are arrested for protesting his speech

Louis Keene by Louis Keene July 25, 2024July 25, 2024
Amit Elor (top), 20, spars with her wrestling partner Marilyn Garcia, 26, at College Park High School on Wednesday, July 3, 2024. With several gold medals already under her belt, Elor qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics as the youngest female wrestler to make an Olympic team. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

East Bay’s Amit Elmor is youngest woman ever to compete in Olympic wrestling

by Dan Pine July 24, 2024August 6, 2024
Rabbi Adina Allen is the co-founder of the Jewish Studio Project and the author of "The Place of All Possibility" (Sarah Deragon)
Posted inArt

‘The Place of All Possibility’: In Berkeley rabbi’s first book, how to engage with Jewish text by making art

by Sue Fishkoff July 23, 2024July 31, 2024
Jonathan Polin amd Rachel Goldberg recount their last interactions with their missing son Berkeley-born Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, who  was taken hostage by Hamas on Oct. 7, while family members and friends show up to support them at their home in Jerusalem, Oct. 10, 2023. (Marcus Yam/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Netanyahu meets with hostage families in D.C. as pressure mounts for a deal

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer July 23, 2024July 23, 2024
"The Ride Ahead" uses a blend of cinematic techniques, including animation, to tell a compelling coming-of-age story. (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘The Ride Ahead’ follows a young disabled man’s quest to live independently

Denise Sherer Jacobson (Courtesy) by Denise Sherer Jacobson July 22, 2024July 23, 2024
A demonstrator waves a Palestinian flag during a protest at UC Berkeley on May 7, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inCalifornia

Gaza statements prompt UC to ban political opinions on department homepages

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 19, 2024July 19, 2024
Tribal leader and Sogorea Te’ Land Trust co-founder Corrina Gould speaks at the West Berkeley Shellmound rematriation celebration on Saturday. (Kelly Sullivan/Berkeleyside)
Posted inBay Area

Jewish allies join Ohlone to celebrate transfer of West Berkeley Shellmound to Indigenous hands

Frances Dinkelspiel by Frances Dinkelspiel July 16, 2024July 16, 2024
"Jews By Choice" screens July 26 in San Francisco and Aug. 1 in Oakland. (SFJFF)
Posted inCulture

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: What does it mean to convert to Judaism in a land with no Jews?

by Sue Fishkoff July 15, 2024July 16, 2024
Lidia Perez (right) celebrates Hanukkah with her daughter in a scene from “Los Últimos Judíos de Guantánamo.” (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: Northern California filmmaker visits the ‘Last Jews of Guantanamo’

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 11, 2024July 12, 2024
Sasson Gabay in "My Daughter, My Love" (SFJFF)
Posted inFilm

S.F. Jewish Film Festival: ‘My Daughter, My Love’ untangles a quiet but desperate family drama in Paris

by Sue Fishkoff July 11, 2024July 12, 2024

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