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May Naim with her grandfather, soccer coach Shlomo Scharf (Photo/JTA)
Posted inIsrael

Cousin of staffer at San Jose’s Emanu-El murdered at Israeli music fest

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 12, 2023October 12, 2023
Pro-Palestinian protesters and pro-Israel counter-demonstrators square off outside of the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Tayfun Coskun-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. high school student: I feel alone in my fears about Israel

Hannah Coleman by Hannah Coleman October 12, 2023October 13, 2023
Former Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett (left) meets U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the White House, Aug. 26, 2021. (Photo/JTA-GPO Handout-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Blinken lands in Israel to pledge support after Israel leaders vow to ‘wipe out’ Hamas

Ben Sales by Ben Sales October 12, 2023October 12, 2023
Burnt out cars at the Supernova Music Festival that was attacked by Hamas. (Photo/Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Why we need to stop calling Hamas attackers ‘militants’ or ‘gunmen’ and start calling them ‘terrorists’

by Aviya Kushner October 12, 2023October 12, 2023
2,000 people gathered at the Palo Alto JCC Oct. 10 in solidarity with Israel. (Photo/Facebook-Israel in San Francisco)
Posted inBay Area

2,000 show up to Palo Alto JCC, many mourning friends and family

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss October 11, 2023October 12, 2023
Offir Gutelzon, co-founder of the Israeli expat protest group UnXeptable, hugs Marco Sermoneta, Israel's S.F.-based consul general, at an Oct. 8 gathering at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco in support of Israel, which was infiltrated and attacked by Hamas on Oct. 7. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

We’ve been fighting for democracy; now we’re fighting for Israel’s very life

Offir Gutelzon by Offir Gutelzon October 11, 2023October 11, 2023
A vigil at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos (Photo/Emma Steinberg)
Posted inBay Area

Tears, heavy hearts at South Bay, Contra Costa vigils

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)Alix Wall by Emma Goss and Alix Wall October 10, 2023October 12, 2023
A press conference featuring relatives of missing U.S. citizens in Tel Aviv on Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Eliyahu Friedman)
Posted inIsrael

At press conference in Tel Aviv, relatives of U.S. citizens plead for government’s help

by Eliyahu Freedman October 10, 2023October 12, 2023
Yoav Malayev, 19, was killed on Oct. 7 defending a base from attackers. He is the nephew of Rabbi Yonatan Cohen of Congregation Beth Israel in Berkeley. Pictured here with his mother, Maya Cohen-Malayev, and father, Alex Malayev. (Photo/Courtesy Yonatan Cohen)
Posted inIsrael

19-year-old nephew of Berkeley rabbi killed during attack on Israel

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 9, 2023October 12, 2023
UnXeptable founder Offir Gutelzon at a gathering in support of Israel at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Oct. 8, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

‘I’ve never felt such helplessness’: Israelis living in Bay Area react to war back home

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten October 9, 2023October 14, 2023

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