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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
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen during a discussion and a vote in the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, March 22, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Israel may head to elections as haredi party rebels over army conscription

Ben Sales by Ben Sales June 4, 2025June 4, 2025
People stand at airport with dozens of black bags
Posted inNews

Six months into war, Israeli soldiers still count on donations for basic supplies. Why?

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev April 18, 2024April 18, 2024
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
Lt. Yannai Kaminka would have turned 21 on Oct. 30.
Posted inNews

Sacramento woman’s grandson died saving other IDF soldiers from Hamas

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz October 27, 2023October 31, 2023
"L." was part of an all-female IDF team that operates intelligence-gathering drones. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inIsrael

On Israel’s front lines, Bay Area residents treat wounded, launch drones

by Sue Fishkoff October 20, 2023October 22, 2023
A woman stands in front of a mural, part of an art exhibit honoring slain Palestinian-American Al-Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, at the spot where she was killed in Jenin in the West Bank, May 19, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Ronaldo Schemidt-AFP via Getty Images)
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Israel admits its forces likely killed Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in new report

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA September 6, 2022
Paramedic officers tend to a man stabbed in a bus by the Neve Daniel junction near Jerusalem, March 31, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli soldiers return fire and kill at least 2 Palestinians in raid as tensions continue to mount

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA April 1, 2022April 1, 2022
An El Al airplane carrying members of an Israel Defense Forces rescue team is given a "water salute" upon departing Miami on July 11, 2021. (Screenshot from Twitter)
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Israel Defense Forces rescue team leaves Surfside to salutes and serenades

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA July 12, 2021

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