"Our community needs us. Our people need us.' - Eileen Ruby, Federation's board chair
View some snapshots of how the Bay Area has stepped up to show their solidarity with Israel.
Federation CEO Joy Sisisky with legislators at a gathering in solidarity with Israel at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, October 8, 2023.
Israel solidarity rally in San Francisco's Yerba Buena Gardens, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Rebecca Goodman-JCRC)
State Sen. Scott Wiener at Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Brontë Wittpenn-The Chronicle)
Attendees at Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Brontë Wittpenn-The Chronicle)
Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy)
Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Brontë Wittpenn-The Chronicle)
Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Brontë Wittpenn-The Chronicle)
Israel solidarity rally in Yerba Buena Gardens, San Francisco, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Brontë Wittpenn-The Chronicle)
The Ann Bear Memorial Women of Valor event, December 12, 2023.
On January 27, 2024, community members gathered at the Home of Eternity Jewish Cemetery in Oakland, CA to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The yellow balloons symbolize the hope that the hostages in Gaza will be returned safely. Photo by Nicki Gilbert.
Yoav Harlev, who has been organizing volunteers to stand vigil for the hostages in Gaza on the Highway 24 overpass, recounts the atrocities of October 7 at the Holocaust Remembrance event in Oakland, CA on January 27, 2024. Photo by Nicki Gilbert.
On March 3, 2024, thousands of community members gathered at the Unity March in San Francisco in a powerful display of solidarity against antisemitism. Photo courtesy of Lisa Tabak, the Federation's Senior Director, Philanthropy East Bay.
