World
Why isn’t the Soleimani killing changing Jewish security around the world?
On March 17, 1992, a suicide bomber drove a truck into the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, killing 29 and injuries hundreds of others. Two years later,…
Letter to Readers
Philissa Cramer named editor in chief of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Philissa Cramer, a co-founder and editor at large of the award-winning education news organization Chalkbeat, has been named editor in chief of the Jewish…
Bay Area
Serial organ donor gives liver to rabbi he doesn’t know
Eric Steger donates a lot — not money, but parts of his body. And he gives them to people he doesn’t know. In 2007, the 50-year-old Sunnyvale man donated…
The Tell
The Iran flare-up — winners and losers
Welcome 2020. Is it December yet? Can you set my alarm for December? No? Then how about a dive into how Iran tensions are playing out in D.C. and in the…
California
Jewish leaders get their say on controversial ethnic studies curriculum
Jewish community leaders from throughout California met with state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond and other high-ranking officials in…
U.S.
Bloomberg campaign spends $10 million on Super Bowl ad
Michael Bloomberg’s presidential campaign has purchased a 60-second advertising spot that will air next month during the broadcast of the Super Bowl, for…
World
Kosher/Halal kitchen providing meals to Australian firefighters
A kosher and halal kitchen established to prepare food for the needy is at the forefront of providing meals to firefighters battling bush fires in…
U.S.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she is cancer free
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said that she is cancer free. Ginsburg told CNN Tuesday during a wide-ranging interview that treatment for a…
Israel
Trump and Netanyahu speak after Iran targets US bases in Iraq
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone about “critical bilateral and regional issues,” the White House…