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Hamas

Zehava Dahan behind place settings for relatives of her best friend in Israel who were taken hostage by Hamas, part of a public Shabbat dinner-themed installation in front of San Francisco City Hall, Nov. 10, 2023. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inIsrael

Hamas says it cannot produce total of 40 hostages needed to meet criteria for cease-fire deal

Beth Harpaz by Beth Harpaz April 10, 2024
The word Hamas encircled by a heart
Posted inBay Area

Pro-Hamas graffiti scrawled along Oakland’s Lake Merritt over weekend

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 20, 2024February 21, 2024
The Center for Jewish History in New York, where the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research is based. (Photo/Gryffindor-Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inCulture

YIVO’s planned webinar series on Hamas exposes rift in Yiddish world over Israel

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar February 14, 2024February 23, 2024
Woman sits at table
Posted inNews

‘A trauma upon a trauma’: Denial of Oct. 7 sexual violence haunts local survivors

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein January 25, 2024June 28, 2026
illustrative photo of a young person looking at their phone while lying in bed
Posted inTech

S.F. data scientist connects TikTok to surge in Gen Z antisemitism

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten December 20, 2023December 22, 2023
Woman watches TV
Posted inU.S.

‘Quiet middle’ among U.S. Jews has growing qualms over the war

by Andrew Silow-Carroll December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
A damaged building at Kibbutz Kfar Aza (Photo/Courtesy Laura Lauder)
Posted inLocal Voice

We cannot let the world forget, minimize or rationalize the Oct. 7 massacre

by Barry Cohn and Guy Miasnik December 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
a child lights a menorah
Posted inNews

‘All about light overcoming darkness’: How U.S. Jews are celebrating Hanukkah with Israel at war

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis December 7, 2023
Rabbi Nosson Potash of Cole Valley Chabad fills a menorah made out of a Qassam rocket with candles as his 4-year-old son Shimon looks on. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inReligion

S.F. Chabad rabbi’s menorah turns a Qassam rocket into a beacon of peace

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 30, 2023December 4, 2023

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