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Irvin Ungar is the author of "Reviving the Artist who Fought Hitler: My Life with Arthur Szyk." (Courtesy University of Texas Press)
Posted inBooks

The rabbi and antiquarian who made artist Arthur Szyk famous again

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 12, 2026June 12, 2026

For the past three decades, Irvin Ungar, a pulpit rabbi turned antiquarian, has been on a singular mission to bring anti-Nazi illustrator Arthur Szyk out of obscurity and secure his […]

Olives trees
Posted inBay Area

JCC East Bay ready to take root on Oakland campus with August preschool opening

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 9, 2026June 10, 2026
Richmond Councilmember Claudia Jimenez (left), Mayor Eduardo Martinez (second from right) and Councilmember Cesar Zepeda listen
during a city council meeting on Jan. 6, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Richmond mayor, accused of antisemitism, appears headed for election defeat

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 8, 2026June 8, 2026
Amir Kol (third from right) gets up to leave the Davis Human Relations Commission meeting after announcing his resignation on May 28. (Screenshot via YouTube/City of Davis)
Posted inNorthern California

Citing persistent hostility, Israeli American resigns from Davis commission

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 5, 2026June 5, 2026
An El Al plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport in Israel, Aug. 18, 2021. (Ronen Fefer via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

El Al is bringing back its direct flight to SFO. Will United Airlines follow?

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 2, 2026June 2, 2026
The SUHSD main office in Redwood City. (Ardenmachro via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)
Posted inEducation

Peninsula school district makes sweeping policy changes to settle antisemitism suit

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi June 1, 2026June 1, 2026
A composite of the candidates for Calif. Superintendent of Public Instruction, who appeared in a May 17 online forum put on by Jewish California. (Screenshots via Zoom/Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

Candidates for state superintendent split on defending K-12 antisemitism law in court

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 19, 2026May 19, 2026
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman speaks during the opening plenary at the Jewish California Legislative Summit at the Sheraton Grand Hotel in Sacramento on May 11, 2026. (Courtesy Jewish California)
Posted inPolitics

Los Angeles DA calls judge’s ruling in Stanford protest case antisemitic

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 15, 2026May 19, 2026
(From left) Assemblymember Dawn Addis (D-Morro Bay), Ella Schweizer, Debbie Michels and Jewish Silicon Valley CEO Daniel Klein meet during the Jewish California Legislative Summit in Sacramento, May 12, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

A record 700 volunteers lobby all 120 California lawmakers on Jewish priorities

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 14, 2026May 14, 2026
East Palo Alto's City Council meeting on May 5 drew dozens of opponents of a proclamation related to antisemitism. (Courtesy Mark Dinan)
Posted inBay Area

East Palo Alto becomes first local city to adopt contested definition of antisemitism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 8, 2026May 8, 2026

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