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From left, Rabbis Mike Nasielski, Avi Weiss and Amitai Fraiman visit an impromptu memorial for the victims of a mass shooting on the first night of Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney. (Courtesy Rabbi Amitai Fraiman)
Posted inLocal Voice

After the Bondi Beach attack, we showed up — how could we not?

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

On the first night of Hanukkah, news broke of a terror attack at a Jewish candlelighting at Bondi Beach in Australia. Fifteen people were murdered. Children and elderly community members […]

Jon Polin (left) looks on as his wife Rachel Goldberg-Polin talks about the loss of their son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, to Oshman Family JCC CEO Zack Bodner during the closing plenary of the Z3 Conference at the OFJCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Goldberg-Polins discuss grief, God and Israel’s future at Z3

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 14, 2025November 17, 2025
Author Sarah Hurwitz gives the keynote address during the opening plenary at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

A lighter mood at Z3, as the focus turns to renewal and rebuilding

by Sue Fishkoff November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Netzach Educational Network President Rabbi Menachem Bombach (left) talks to philanthropist Moses Libitzky (right) at the Z3 Conference at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto, Nov. 9, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli panelists at Z3: To fix a fractured society, just show up

by Sue Fishkoff November 10, 2025November 10, 2025
Daniel Shapiro (right) visits a Haredi school in Me'ah She'arim in 2012, when Shapiro was U.S. ambassador to Israel. (State Department)
Posted inOpinion

Haredi schools in Israel are at a historic crossroads

Rabbi Menachem Bombach is the founder of the Netzach Educational Network and a pioneer of Haredi integration in Israel. (Courtesy) by Rabbi Menachem Bombach November 6, 2025November 6, 2025
Israeli and US flags in the wind
Posted inOpinion

As left and right close in, American Jews must stand up for Israel

Benjamin Kerstein (Courtesy) by Benjamin Kerstein November 5, 2025November 5, 2025
Palestinians walk through rubble following an Israeli airstrike on the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City in northern Gaza on Oct. 9, 2023. (Wafa-APAimages via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inOpinion

My vision for Gazan orphans needs Jewish help

Dr. David Hasan (Courtesy) by Dr. David Hasan November 4, 2025November 4, 2025
parents and son smiling
Posted inThe J. Interview

How Rachel Goldberg-Polin and Jon Polin find grace in a shattered world

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay October 31, 2025November 2, 2025
In this session at the Z3 conference in Palo Alto, Nov. 10, 2019, Stanford Hillel students led round table conversations asking participants how they would have handled real-life campus situations. (Photo/Courtesy Z3)
Posted inUncategorized

At this year’s Z3 Conference, we’re reclaiming the Jewish identity conversation

Rabbi Amitai Fraiman by Rabbi Amitai Fraiman December 9, 2022December 9, 2022
Israeli President Isaac Herzog speaking at the 125th anniversary of the first Zionist Congress, in the same ballroom where the original event took place. (Photo/Zack Bodner)
Posted inOpinion

At 125th anniversary of Zionism, looking forward to Zionism 3.0

Zack Bodner by Zack Bodner September 1, 2022

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