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two pictures: one has a billboard that says "stopped genocide is not anti-semitic"; the other shows the same billboard with a new slogan, "let's be clear: hamas and hezbollah are your problem too"
Posted inBay Area

Jews irked by genocide billboard in San Carlos raise nearly $30K for new one

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 30, 2024October 30, 2024
a red-haired young man hugs someone in the sunshine
Posted inBay Area

Tension over hiring an Israeli counselor roiled a Bay Area music camp and ended friendships

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 28, 2024October 28, 2024
waves crash on a beach, seen from above
Posted inFirst Person

The Nova survivor who couldn’t stop shaking

Headshot of Ayelet Gundar-Goshen by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen October 25, 2024October 25, 2024
an old black and white headshot of a woman
Posted inColumns

Researching lives lost led me to two amazing Gertrudes on my family tree

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 24, 2024October 24, 2024
Memorials at the Nova festival site near Kibbutz Re'im where nearly 370 people were killed and another 40 were taken hostage on Oct. 7, 2023. (Chanan Tigay/J. Staff)
Posted inLocal Voice

October 7? We should start calling it the ‘Simchat Torah War’

Rabbi Ari Cartun by Rabbi Ari Cartun October 22, 2024October 30, 2024
Sings hanging from a line in front of several tents say "Divest Now" and "Revolution Until Victory"
Posted inBay Area

Stanford says ‘no’ to students’ Israel divestment petition

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 21, 2024October 21, 2024
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why I couldn’t pray this Yom Kippur

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
The State Opera in Vienna, Austria. (Clive Kim via pexels.com)
Posted inYouth Voice

My family trip to Austria was a rude awakening about Holocaust education

Maya Mazin (Photo/Courtesy) by Maya Mazin October 18, 2024October 18, 2024
Jeremy Piven in "The Performance." (Courtesy Sparks Go)
Posted inTV & Film

From dance to drama to docs, Silicon Valley Jewish Film Festival wants you to watch

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 15, 2024October 21, 2024
At Stanford shopping center Oct. 7, 2024, a handful of Jewish pro-Israel activists confronted and clashed with anti-Zionist protesters (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Two arrested in Palo Alto as angry protesters celebrate Oct. 7 Hamas attacks

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 14, 2024October 15, 2024

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