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Iran demonstrators kiss
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‘The villain is gone’: Local Iranian Jews react to war and killing of Khamenei

Gabe StutmanJew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Gabe Stutman and Emma Goss March 2, 2026March 2, 2026

For Bay Area Jews who fled Iran around the time of the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the decapitation of what they described as a murderous and destabilizing regime presents new hope […]

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

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Burned out car
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More than 100 bodies found in Kibbutz Be’eri, as horrors of Hamas attack continue to unfold

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Wreckage of a rocket on a playground in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on the first day of the invasion, Feb.24, 2022. (Photo/Fotoreserg via Depositphoto)
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One year after Russian invasion of Ukraine, the pain is still fresh for local emigres

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A Ukrainian soldier gives the thumbs-up as he stands in a snow-covered trench on the frontline with the Russia-backed separatists near Zolote village in the eastern Lugansk region, Ukraine, Jan. 21, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Anatolii Stepanov-AFP via Getty Images)
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Prayer and panic as Ukrainian rabbis guide their communities into a wartime Shabbat

Cnaan Liphshiz, Netherlands-based Europe Correspondent for JTA by Cnaan Liphshiz and JTA February 25, 2022February 25, 2022
Israeli artillery fires rockets
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Hezbollah fires 19 rockets at Israel in worst fighting since 2006 war

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA August 6, 2021
"Gassed" by John Singer Sargent, 1919
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From the time of Moses to now, what are the rules of war?

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