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This is the aftermath of an Iranian strike in Tel Aviv on June 16. Alan and Nancy Zorfas, who were staying at the Renaissance Hotel about a mile away, said the strike “sounded like it could have been right outside the door.” (Courtesy Alan Zorfas)

UPDATE: Northern California Jews reflect on hunkering down in wartime Israel

by J. Staff June 24, 2025June 24, 2025

People drive past an anti-Israel billboard featuring the shape of a traditional Yemeni dagger made of map pins and sentences reading "All targets are within reach" in Hebrew and "All targets are available, now Yemeni missiles" in Persian, in Tehran's Palestine square on May 5, 2025. (Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images)

Israel strikes Iran: How we got here — and what happens next

by Ron Kampeas June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

People take cover in a stairway in Jerusalem, as a red alert is sounded when drones and missiles fired from Iran neared Israel, April 14, 2024. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Israel strikes Iran, against Trump’s urging, and warns of expected counterattack

by Philissa Cramer June 12, 2025June 12, 2025

Both men are seated in the Oval Office. Trump gestures at Netanyahu as he speaks.

World

U.S. announces truce with Houthis without telling Israel

by Ben Sales May 7, 2025May 7, 2025

Shona Armstrong (left) holds the head of the peace crane/dove during a rally promoting co-existence between Israelis and Palestinians organized by SFBay4Peace and Bay Area Friends of Standing Together at the Lake Merritt Amphitheater in Oakland on May 3, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Oakland rally mourns loss of life on both sides as Israel-Hamas war drags on

by Alix Wall May 5, 2025May 6, 2025

A 19th-century Ukrainian art print of a family seder

The Passover seder is a model for healing democracies in peril

by Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy April 7, 2025April 7, 2025

From left, Brett Super with the Israel Economic Mission to the West Coast, Vivian Wahl of VW2PointO, and mission head Omer Fein attend the startup showcase in San Francisco on Jan. 13. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Tech

Israeli health-tech startups pitch innovation at San Francisco conference

by Niva Ashkenazi January 15, 2025January 15, 2025

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. (Getty Images)

U.S.

How Donald Trump and Kamala Harris differ (and agree) on the Middle East

by Ron Kampeas October 23, 2024October 23, 2024

Kamala Harris in front of U.S. flag

Kamala Harris supports Israel, but is it enough?

by Gabe Stutman July 23, 2024July 24, 2024

Israeli flags were in abundance at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square on Sept. 18, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Where to observe Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut in the Bay Area

by J. Staff May 7, 2024May 13, 2024