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Holocaust survivors

Brooklyn-based author Jonathan Safran Foer (right) talks with Elizabeth Rosner about his family and newfound appreciation for Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay at its annual fundraiser in Oakland, Oakland, April 19, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBooks

‘Everything Is Illuminated’ author lauds JFCS East Bay’s social service mission

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 21, 2026April 22, 2026

In the eyes of Jonathan Safran Foer, the world could always use more writers, even if they’re never published. “Writing is a great way to encounter yourself,” the bestselling author […]

S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie gave the keynote address at the city's Yom HaShoah commemoration at the JCCSF. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

How a Nazi bookstore led to S.F.’s Yom HaShoah observance and the ‘courage to act’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 14, 2026April 14, 2026
From left, forum moderator Alex Cohen and candidates Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell and Antonio Villaraigosa take part in the 2026 Jewish California Governor Candidate Forum at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 26. (Jewish Federation Los Angeles)
Posted inCalifornia

Candidates for CA governor vow to keep Jews safe and Israel ties strong

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 27, 2026February 27, 2026
Selma van de Perre
Posted inNews

Prominent Holocaust survivors die, including the ‘librarian of Auschwitz’ and the last Warsaw Ghetto fighter

by Grace Gilson November 13, 2025November 13, 2025
Stuart E. Eizenstat speaks
Posted inWorld

German government pledges record $1B in funding for Holocaust survivor home care

by Grace Gilson October 29, 2025October 29, 2025
Holocaust survivors look on during the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Capitol on April 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Trump’s Social Security Administration cuts hurt Holocaust survivors, advocates say

by Andrew Lapin June 27, 2025June 27, 2025
California's Capitol building. (Stephen Leonardi/Pexels)
Posted inCalifornia

State budget includes funds for Holocaust survivors, security grants

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 26, 2025June 27, 2025
Eight Holocaust survivors, sitting in the front row of the audience at the Yom HaShoah event on April 23, 2025, watch a short film where Holocaust survivors, liberators and their descendants speak about their experiences. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Hundreds pay respects as local Holocaust survivors are honored on Yom HaShoah

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2025April 25, 2025
Holocaust survivors (from left) Guenter Pappenheim, Eva Fahidi-Pusztai and Heinrich Rotmensch sit in wheelchairs at a ceremony at the Buchenwald concentration camp on Jan. 27, 2020, the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. All three died before the 80th anniversary. (Jens Schlueter/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Half of Holocaust survivors alive today will be dead in 6 years, new analysis finds

by Grace Gilson April 22, 2025April 22, 2025
Holocaust survivor Rudi Jocobsen, left, takes a bag of food from Uriel Rauff, who works for Jewish Family Service Colorado as a driver for the kosher Meals on Wheels Program in Denver, Colorado, on December 19, 2017. (RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post via Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

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