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UPDATED: Judge kicks Santa Clara DA off Stanford anti-Israel protesters case

by Niva Ashkenazi May 7, 2026May 12, 2026

Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel speaks at the 2026 Jewish California Governor Candidate Forum in Los Angeles on Feb. 26, 2026. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)

Antisemitic screed in state voter guide spurs Jewish lawmakers to act

by Niva Ashkenazi May 4, 2026May 4, 2026

Rabbi Zac Kamenetz discusses psychedelics and healing during last year’s San Francisco Jewish Week. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

2nd S.F. Jewish Week features ‘Robot Shabbat,’ comedy, Valkyries and a ball

by Niva Ashkenazi April 28, 2026April 29, 2026

Fringe conservative political candidate Don Grundmann talking to reporters at a "Straight Pride" protest outside Planned Parenthood in Modesto, Aug. 24, 2019. (Gabe Stutman/J. Staff)

Antisemitic screed in California voter guide rattles state’s Jews

by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

The San Leandro High School campus in July 2015. (newtonapple via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0 BY 2.0)

Jewish San Leandro high schooler sues for ‘pervasive’ antisemitic harassment

by Niva Ashkenazi April 23, 2026April 23, 2026

Brooklyn-based author Jonathan Safran Foer (right) talks with Elizabeth Rosner about his family and newfound appreciation for Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay at its annual fundraiser in Oakland, Oakland, April 19, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Books

‘Everything Is Illuminated’ author lauds JFCS East Bay’s social service mission

by Niva Ashkenazi April 21, 2026April 22, 2026

Candidates vying to replace Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned from Congress this week amid sexual misconduct allegations, were the focus of a Bay Area Jewish Action webinar on issues of concern to Jewish voters, April 17, 2026. (Screenshot/BAJA webinar)

The ‘genocide question’ grips California Democratic primaries

by Niva Ashkenazi April 17, 2026April 29, 2026

(From left) Saikat Chakrabarti, S.F. District 1 Supervisor Connie Chan and Calif. state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-S.F.) during the San Francisco Independent Media Coalition’s congressional candidate forum at the United Irish Cultural Center in San Francisco, April 15, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Facing local press in S.F., House candidates support synagogue security grants

by Niva Ashkenazi April 16, 2026April 16, 2026

S.F. Mayor Daniel Lurie gave the keynote address at the city's Yom HaShoah commemoration at the JCCSF. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)

Holocaust Remembrance Day

How a Nazi bookstore led to S.F.’s Yom HaShoah observance and the ‘courage to act’

by Niva Ashkenazi April 14, 2026April 14, 2026

Shulamith performing at a Seder in Rome, Italy, 1971. Left to Right: Rachel Neiman, Rina Neiman, Shulamith Dubno Neiman, Becky Neiman, David Neiman. (Courtesy Rina Neiman)

Her dresses, now archived, tell Israeli and Arab fashion history

by Niva Ashkenazi April 13, 2026April 14, 2026