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Chabad of Oakland's menorah at Lake Merritt on Dec. 10, 2023 (right), two days before it was vandalized, pulled down and thrown in the lake (left). (Courtesy Chabad of Oakland)
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Large menorah destroyed, thrown into Oakland’s Lake Merritt

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman December 13, 2023December 13, 2023
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
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
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
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
Rimon Kirsht (left) hugs a family member after being released from Hamas captivity. (Photo/Courtesy Nil Kirscht)
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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
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Local authors explore ‘rewilding,’ queer Jewish fantasy, 20th-century wars

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 4, 2023May 2, 2024
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

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