• Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

Landing Top

Skip to content
Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

Donate

J.

The Jewish News of Northern California

  • Readers’ Choice 2025
  • FREE NEWSLETTERS
  • DONATE
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram
  • News
    • Bay Area
    • U.S.
    • Israel
    • World
  • Culture
    • Art
    • Books
    • Ideas
    • Music
    • On Stage
    • TV & Film
  • Opinion
    • Opinion
    • Columns
    • Letters
  • Jewish Life
    • Lifecycles
    • Obituaries
    • Food
    • Religion
    • Education
    • Kids & Family
    • Seniors
    • Philanthropy
  • Calendar
  • Archives
  • Subscribe | Renew
  • Jewish Resource Guide

Blue and White

Omer Yankelevich, the first haredi Orthodox woman to hold a Cabinet position in Israeli government, poses for a picture in the Israeli parliament, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Noam Revkin Fenton-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Meet Omer Yankelevich, the Orthodox woman tasked with mending the frayed ties between Israel and the Diaspora

by Sam Sokol and JTA June 29, 2020

Omer Yankelevich is the new minister of Diaspora affairs in Israel, meaning she’s in charge of managing the Jewish state’s relations with Jewish communities abroad. It has never been an […]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the halls of the Knesset after the swearing-in of the new government on May 17, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Alex Kolomoisky-Pool)
Posted inNews

After more than a year and 3 elections, Israel swears in a new government — its largest ever

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 18, 2020May 18, 2020
Benny Gantz (left) and Benjamin Netanyahu in the Israeli parliament, Nov. 10, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israel gets ‘emergency national unity government,’ its first stable government in over a year

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA May 7, 2020
the three men sit smiling; gantz and bibi hold hands
Posted inIsrael

Gantz and Netanyahu to make 11th-hour attempt to form government

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA November 19, 2019November 19, 2019
Israeli president Reuven Rivlin presents Blue and White leader Benny Gantz with the mandate to form a new Israeli government at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Oct. 23, 2019. /JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90
Posted inIsrael

Most Israelis support a government with 2 large political parties

by JTA October 24, 2019October 24, 2019
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz attends a party rally in Tel Aviv two days before Israeli elections, Sept. 15, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Tomer Neuberg-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Benny Gantz to get chance to form government following Netanyahu’s failure

by JTA October 23, 2019October 23, 2019
Netanyahu smiles while shaking the hand of a grimacing Gantz, Rivlin looks on
Posted inIsrael

Benny Gantz declines Netanyahu invite into ‘broad unity government’

by JTA October 17, 2019October 17, 2019
Netanyahu smiles while shaking the hand of a grimacing Gantz, Rivlin looks on
Posted inIsrael

Netanyahu and Gantz cancel meeting as both say the other refuses to compromise

by JTA October 2, 2019
A man looks at a Blue and White party election campaign poster showing its leaders Benny Gantz, Yair Lapid, Gaby Ashkenazi and Moshe Yaalon and Shas Party election campaign poster showing its spirtual leader Rabi Ovadia Yosef on April 1, 2019 in the city of Haedera, Israel.
Posted inNews

Most Israelis want Orthodox parties out of government, survey says

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 27, 2019
the three men sit smiling; gantz and bibi hold hands
Posted inNews

Netanyahu and Gantz agree to hold negotiations for a unity government

by JTA September 23, 2019

Posts pagination

1 2 Older posts

Get J.'s latest headlines sent to your inbox:

MOST POPULAR

Organ donation: One heroic decision can save a life
Loss of egg-cellence: Why Boichik is discontinuing its beloved egg bagels
Berkeley’s Beth Israel celebrates two decades of rabbi’s leadership
Years after boycott fight, Ben and Jerry’s Israel debuts flavor celebrating Israeli resilience
San Francisco Jewish Film Festival’s 2026 lineup: 65 films and an award for Rachel Bloom
  • Facebook Page
  • Instagram

About

  • Mission
  • People
  • Policies
  • Financials
  • Careers

Ways to Give

  • Donate
  • Legacy giving
  • Donors

J. IN PRINT

  • Subscribe or renew
  • Subscriber FAQs
  • Change of address
  • Archives

Connect

  • Free Newsletters
  • Jewish Resource Guide
  • Readers’ Choice Awards
  • Advertise

Submissions

  • Contact
  • News Tips
  • Calendar Events
  • Obituaries
  • Lifecyle Events
  • Letters to the Editor
Privacy & Cookies: This site uses cookies. By continuing to use this website, you agree to their use.
To find out more, see here: Privacy & Cookie Policy
  • © 2026 J.
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
Powered by Newspack