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Why a growing number of federations are asking Jews if they identify as Zionist
1+ hour, 14+ min ago (753+ words) Here's what Milwaukee's new Jewish population survey reveals about broader Jewish opinion on Israel....
Survey: Americans" views of Israelis have grown more negative
1+ hour, 22+ min ago (569+ words) (JTA) " While Americans view Israelis far more favorably than the Israeli government, their opinion of the Jewish state's residents has continued to decline, according to a survey released Thursday by the Pew Research Center. The survey, which surveyed 12, 574 U. S. adults from…...
Shlomo Carlebach's ugly legacy is illuminated in "The Darkest Light'
1+ day, 5+ min ago (478+ words) The Darkest Light," a new documentary premiering at SFJFF, interrogates the legacy of the musician and composer Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach....
LETTERS | Dems should pick a side, Israel's missing constitution
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (20+ words) Check out this week's letters from readers to the editor in chief of J. The Jewish News of Northern California....
Rachel Bloom will be honored by S. F. Jewish Film Festival
2+ day, 45+ min ago (733+ words) Emmy-winning actor, writer and chaunteuse Rachel Bloom will receive the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival's 2026 Freedom of Expression Award. How crazy is that? Bloom will be on hand to accept the SFJFF honor on July 18, the same night the festival…...
Poll: Mamdani more popular than Netanyahu among U. S. Jews
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (23+ words) The AP survey found growing dissatisfaction with Israel's leadership, even as the New York mayor remains divisive over his views on Israel...
A synagogue will soar above the Venice Biennale's politics, and its lagoon
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (54+ words) The art installation "Nabatele" consists of a helium-filled shtetl-style synagogue floating above Venice's waters....
At Entebbe reunion, shattered faith in Israel's promise of rescue
4+ day, 2+ hour ago (1312+ words) (JTA) " TEL AVIV " For the survivors of Operation Entebbe, marking the 50th anniversary was less a celebration of one of Israel's most mythologized military operations than a reckoning with the distance between the country that rescued them and the one that…...
Jewish stars and stripes: Local clergy sew 250th into Shabbat
1+ week, 19+ hour ago (1315+ words) Independence Day will mark a rare convergence of the civic and the sacred as America's 250th anniversary falls on Shabbat. For at least four Bay Area Jewish clergy, the overlap presents an opportunity to celebrate America, reflect on the country's ideals,…...
A smaller, scarred Maccabiah Games opens in Israel
1+ week, 1+ day ago (829+ words) About 5, 000 athletes are participating, down from 10, 000 four years ago....