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A poster is hung in Tehran's Revolution Square featuring an image of the Statue of Liberty, and photographs of several heads of state to mark the 46th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover and hostage crisis in Tehranon Nov. 5, 2025. (Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups urge Trump to prioritize Americans held in Iran during ceasefire talks

by Grace Gilson April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

(JTA) — The American Jewish Committee is calling on President Donald Trump to make the return of Americans in Iranian custody an “urgent national priority,” as his administration works to […]

Two women light memorial candles
Posted inHistory

Lone protester interrupts Holocaust remembrance event in S.F.

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva January 27, 2024January 29, 2024
Sam Salkin (left) and Anita Friedman will be honored by AJC next month.
Posted inPhilanthropy

Sam Salkin, Anita Friedman to be honored at AJC Global Advocacy Gala

by Dan Pine September 22, 2022
People take part in the Celebrate Israel Parade along Fifth Avenue in New York City, May 31, 2015. (Photo/JTA-Eric Thayer-Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

AJC poll: American Jewish millennials care about Israel and are largely unworried about how it is perceived

by Ron Kampeas and JTA April 26, 2022April 26, 2022
(Photo/Flickr-Scazon CC BY 2.0)
Posted inLocal Voice

Local Jewish groups worked for years to fix the California ethnic studies curriculum. Please don’t minimize our work.

Sarah Levin by Sarah Levin and JTA February 8, 2021
Moses Libitzky (left) and Aaron Tartakovsky (right) will be honored at AJC San Francisco's 2019 gala.
Posted inPhilanthropy

AJC to honor two superstars of S.F. Jewish community

by Dan Pine May 15, 2019May 15, 2019
Then-candidate Donald Trump speaking at the AIPAC 2016 Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., March 2016. (Photo/JTA-Getty Images-AFP-Saul Loeb)
Posted inNews

From ‘violation’ to ‘sign this thank you card,’ Jewish groups react to Iran deal withdrawal

by J. Staff May 8, 2018
Rabbi Serena Eisenberg and Israel's then-Consul General Shlomi Kofman at the AJC Diplomats Seder at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, March 22, 2018. (Photo/AJC-Mariah Tiffany)
Posted inColumns

22 international diplomats, 70 Jews, one Passover seder

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 29, 2018April 3, 2020
A French police car in Paris, France. (Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

France must march for Mireille Knoll, our assassinated grandmother

Simone Rodan-Benzaquen by Simone Rodan-Benzaquen March 27, 2018April 2, 2018
Matt and Rabbi Samantha Kahn at an AJC event in San Francisco (Photo/Mark Sandstorm )
Posted inNews

New directors at two S.F. Jewish agencies are husband, wife

Alissa Greenberg by Alissa Greenberg August 2, 2017August 8, 2017

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