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Friends of the IDF

FDIF gathering
Posted inPhilanthropy

Bay Area donations to FIDF plummet as nonprofit untangles national scandal

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 22, 2025July 22, 2025

When Bay Area board members from Friends of the IDF gathered at a Palo Alto restaurant in December, it was supposed to be a Hanukkah celebration. But the mood was […]

David Foster, left, and Haim Saban speak onstage
Posted inIsrael

Friends of the IDF in crisis after internal report alleges financial abuse, toxic culture

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 8, 2025July 8, 2025
Attendees at the Friends of the IDF fundraiser at the Hiller Aviation Museum in San Carlos, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/Limor Edrey-Courtesy FIDF)
Posted inBay Area

Friends of the IDF fundraiser disrupted by raucous protest on Peninsula

Sue Barnett 2025 by Sue Barnett November 11, 2023November 12, 2023
San Francisco native Cole is spending Passover on base. (COURTESY FIDF)
Posted inNews

Passover lockdown in Israel cuts ‘lone soldiers’ from Bay Area off from family

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 8, 2020April 13, 2020
The writer's son, Coby, at the Western Wall
Posted inLocal Voice

Getting a close-up view of my son’s purpose-filled life in Israel

Sloane Citron by Sloane Citron September 26, 2019
A camper (right) and counselor chat during boat ride under the Golden Gate Bridge on July 12. (Photo/Hannah Jannol)
Posted inBay Area, Israel, News

Israeli teens get respite from grief with fun trip to Bay Area

Hannah Jannol by Hannah Jannol July 19, 2018July 24, 2018
Pieter and Debra Bogaards cycling through the Negev Desert (Photo/Blaine Land)
Posted inOpinion

Discovering a deep connection to the land of Israel — from my bicycle seat

Debra Bogaards by Debra Bogaards December 5, 2017December 5, 2017
Shira Goetell, IDF paramedic, speaking at the FIDF dinner in S.F. about  helping wounded Syrians on the Golan border. (Photo/Courtesy FIDF)
Posted inJewish Life

Spotlight on the Community, October 2017

by Rob Gloster November 7, 2017
Dr. Salman Zarka of Ziv Medical Center in Israel will be honored at a Friends of the IDF gala in San Francsico, Oct. 29. (Photo/Courtesy Friends of Ziv Medical Center)
Posted inNews

An IDF doctor who treats Syrians tells his story at upcoming gala

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 25, 2017October 25, 2017
black and white: three men in IDF uniforms gaze up at the wall
Posted inLocal Voice, Opinion

Remember the six days — and the soldiers — that saved us

Jonathan Bernstein by Jonathan Bernstein May 28, 2017May 26, 2017

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