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hostages

Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen on a screen during the Israeli Premier League match between Hapoel Hadera and Hapoel Jerusalem, Aug. 31, 2024, in Jerusalem. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s favorite soccer club grieves ‘our friend in the stands’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer September 3, 2024September 4, 2024
Yartzeit memorial candles flicker on a table during a memorial service for Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a Berkeley-born man held captive and killed by Hamas, at Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley on Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Sept. 3 vigils across Bay Area for slain hostages

by J. Staff September 3, 2024September 3, 2024
An undated photo of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who moved to Israel from the U.S. at the age of 7. (Photo/Courtesy-JTA-Jon Polin)
Posted inNews

Death of six hostages, including Berkeley’s Hersh Goldberg-Polin, confirmed

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 31, 2024September 5, 2024
Berkeley hostage rally
Posted inNews

Berkeley rally for hostages focuses on Amazon employee held in Gaza

by J. Staff July 1, 2024August 20, 2024
A woman holds an Israeli flag aloft at an UnXeptable rally in Redwood City on June 9, 2024, calling for the Israeli government to agree to Biden's plan to the end war and bring the remaining hostages home. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inUncategorized

‘Seal the deal!’ Israeli, U.S. Jews rally in Redwood City for release of hostages

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva June 11, 2024June 11, 2024
Marchers call for the release of hostages in Gaza at the annual Israel parade in New York City, June 2, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy JCRCNY)
Posted inReligion

‘Bring them home’ means different things to Israelis and American Jews

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 10, 2024
Noa Argamani embraces her father
Posted inOpinion

The hostage rescue is a joyous distraction. A deal is still key.

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman June 9, 2024
Relatives and friends of Israelis held hostage by Palestinian Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip are gathering to listen to the Israeli Finance Minister during a rally in the center of Jerusalem, June 3, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Saeed Qaq-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

4 more hostages held in Gaza are dead, Israeli army announces

by Ron Kampeas June 3, 2024
Bella Barany, 87, a Berkeley resident who told J. she is making aliyah soon to join her daughter in Israel, flashes a smile as she holds an Israeli flag on a pedestrian overpass in Berkeley in support of the hostages in Gaza, May 5, 2024. (Photo/Ido Bartana)
Posted inBay Area

New East Bay overpass vigil — this one in Berkeley — calls attention to hostages

by Sue Fishkoff May 6, 2024May 7, 2024
Banners in Jerusalem in English and Hebrew
Posted inNews

In Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Jerusalem neighborhood, video proof of life sparks ‘relief, fear, urgency’

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin May 1, 2024May 1, 2024

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