Bay Area S.F. Supes meeting latest to be hit by antisemitic remote comments By Emma Goss Sep 27, 2023 Three anonymous callers joined the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting remotely on Tuesday to spew antisemitic and racist remarks, prompting the body to consider doing away with remote public…
Letters All hail the Shabbos car; Jolly good British Jewish food; etc. By J. Readers Sep 14, 2023 Jolly good Jewish food, mate I was delighted to read the Faith Kramer recipe column on British Jewish food, which, like much British food, is much better than its reputation (“Start the New Year like…
California GDL hate group member arrested over Anne Frank House incident By Andrew Lapin Sep 11, 2023 (JTA) – A prominent member of an American neo-Nazi group has been extradited to the Netherlands, where he will stand trial for projecting an antisemitic message onto the Anne Frank House in…
Bay Area J. wins 11 Jewish journalism awards, including best newspaper By J. Staff Jul 12, 2023 J. The Jewish News of Northern California has been recognized for excellence in Jewish journalism, scooping up 11 Rockower Awards Tuesday night, including the top prize as best Jewish newspaper in…
News Antisemites, protesters plunge Sacramento city council meeting into chaos By Gabe Stutman May 24, 2023 A Sacramento City Council meeting turned chaotic Tuesday when protesters, shouting and holding up signs, preempted an address by a man who has repeatedly spewed antisemitism in public. Demonstrators,…
Bay Area How an antisemitic flyer campaign began here and went national By Lillian Ilsley-Greene, Gabe Stutman Apr 28, 2023 They’ve hit big cities and small towns. Elementary schools and college campuses. City parks and the front yards of suburban homes. They’re carefully designed and pop with color. Most are folded and…
U.S. Florida bill would ban neo-Nazi ‘ethnic intimidation’ flyers By Andrew Lapin, JTA Mar 17, 2023 Responding to a recent rise in neo-Nazi activity in his state, a Jewish lawmaker in Florida is trying to outlaw displays of “religious or ethnic animus” on private property in his state. H.B. 269…
Bay Area Our top 10 most popular stories of 2022 By David A.M. Wilensky Dec 27, 2022 A local sports star’s love of Hebrew. A beloved deli’s new chapter. And an abortive attempt to deliver shmurah matzah to Mark Zuckerberg’s house. Those were some of the fun stories that drew the most…
Bay Area America's most prolific antisemitic propaganda group leaves Bay Area By Gabe Stutman Dec 14, 2022 The functional headquarters and nerve center of the nation’s most prolific antisemitic propaganda group have moved from the Bay Area to Florida. Jon Minadeo Jr., the leader of Goyim TV, announced the…
Analysis Anxious age: Jews face open antisemitism in tense political era By Gabe Stutman Nov 11, 2022 On a recent Friday evening, Jacqueline Mates-Muchin, senior rabbi at Temple Sinai in Oakland, interrupted her Shabbat sermon. Earlier that day, a 21-time Grammy winner and one of the most vaunted…
Bay Area Antisemitic video site Goyim TV taken down by domain provider By Gabe Stutman Oct 31, 2022 UPDATED: As of Nov. 7, Goyim TV is back online. Goyim TV, a website that functions as a digital home and powerful propaganda tool for one of the nation’s most notorious antisemitic hate groups, was…
California ‘Kanye is right,’ antisemitic group says on L.A. highway banner By Philissa Cramer, JTA Oct 24, 2022 Drivers heading south on the freeway in Los Angeles Saturday could view a Kanye West-related provocation by a vocal group of antisemites. “Kanye is right about the Jews,” read a banner hung by…
Bay Area Latest round of antisemitic Goyim TV flyers hits Santa Rosa and Novato By J. Staff Sep 29, 2022 Flyers accusing the Jewish community of controlling the Biden administration, immigration and gun control were distributed last week in two North Bay cities, worrying local leaders. The flyers were…
Letters JCRC mayoral forum; Ken Burns wrong on FDR; etc. By J. Readers Sep 15, 2022 JCRC mayoral forum should be more inclusive On Sept. 15, the S.F.-based Jewish Community Relations Council will present the “Jewish Community Oakland Mayoral Candidate Forum.” Unfortunately, JCRC may…
Bay Area Polish police arrest Minadeo during white supremacist tour of Europe By Gabe Stutman Sep 4, 2022 Updated Sept. 6 at 1:30 p.m. Polish authorities arrested American tourist Jon Minadeo Jr. for violating the country’s hate speech laws after the Holocaust denier demonstrated in front of the…
U.S. In a first, a Wisconsin man has been fined for littering Goyim TV flyers By J. Staff Aug 12, 2022 Police in Kenosha, Wisconsin, fined a man $4,300 this week for distributing antisemitic flyers, some of which advertised the video-sharing website Goyim TV. It marks the first public report of a…
Bay Area BDS map of Jewish Boston shows up on local neo-Nazi's livestream By Gabe Stutman Jul 18, 2022 The Mapping Project, an initiative by far-left, anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists in the Boston area, was featured in a recent livestream on Goyim TV, a virulently antisemitic, homophobic and…
Bay Area Antisemitic flyers in baggies dropped in Sonoma County town By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Jun 2, 2022 Dozens of antisemitic flyers in plastic baggies weighed down with sand were found in a residential area of the Sonoma County town of Windsor on Tuesday, according to reports on the site Nextdoor,…
California New Assembly bill would expand hate crimes law, equalize penalties By Sam Ribakoff Mar 22, 2022 Two Jewish members of the state Assembly representing the Bay Area, Rebecca Bauer-Kahan and Marc Levine, have introduced legislation that would change hate crime laws by meting out the same…
Bay Area Berkeley yoga instructor fired for links to 'Goyim TV' By Gabe Stutman Feb 26, 2022 Updated March 1 at 10:20 a.m. With press attention increasing on Goyim TV, a hot yoga studio in Berkeley last week fired one of its most popular instructors because of her relationship with Jon…
Analysis Is 'Goyim TV' succeeding? By Gabe Stutman Feb 23, 2022 Last Sunday morning, hundreds of families in the Berkeley Hills woke up to hate on their doorsteps. Goyim TV activists had once again dropped antisemitic flyers in a Bay Area city. Folded up and…
Bay Area New Holocaust-denying flyers in East Bay By Gabe Stutman Feb 4, 2022 “Outrageous.” “Cowardly.” “Scary.” Reactions poured in from Danville residents online this week after they were alerted to antisemitic flyers left on a walking trail in the East Bay town. It was the…
Bay Area Flyers claiming Covid is Jewish plot land in S.F.'s Pacific Heights By Gabe Stutman Jan 24, 2022 Jon Staenberg and his 13-year-old daughter, Rivka, left their home on Sunday morning in San Francisco carrying a big garbage bag. They often spend an hour or so on the weekends picking up trash in…
Bay Area Our top 10 most popular stories of 2021 By David A.M. Wilensky Dec 30, 2021 This week, we here at J. are happy to say good riddance to 2021. But we also take a look back at our most popular stories of this all-time downer of a year. Here are the 10 articles that you, our…
Bay Area Police arrest man after Aryan Nations flyer drops in Carmichael By Gabe Stutman Dec 29, 2021 Law enforcement in Sacramento County celebrated the arrest last week of a 33-year-old who police say was responsible for papering Carmichael, a suburb of the capital city, in October with antisemitic…