Bay Area Hitler truck display at UC Berkeley alarms Jews in campus community A provocative ad campaign against antisemitism that used a digital image of Hitler raising his right arm concerned many at UC Berkeley this week and… By Gabe Stutman Oct 14, 2022
Bay Area Israeli activist Noa Tishby visits Berkeley amid law school controversy In August, nine student groups at Berkeley Law adopted a bylaw pledging, among other points, to not host “speakers that have expressed and continued to… By Lillian Ilsley-Greene Oct 13, 2022
Bay Area Stanford apologizes for Jewish admissions quotas in the 1950s An official investigation by Stanford University released Wednesday confirmed longstanding suspicions that university administrators acted to limit Jewish… By Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTA Oct 13, 2022
Bay Area Jewish students at Berkeley Law tell their side of the story Jewish student leaders at UC Berkeley spoke out publicly on Thursday night in the wake of a media firestorm stemming from a decision by nine law school… By Gabe Stutman Oct 7, 2022
Obituaries Beloved Israel educator Ilan Vitemberg dies at age 57 If a Bay Area Jewish organization had some kind of educational program about Israel, chances are Ilan Vitemberg was involved in it. Whether it was… By Alix Wall Oct 4, 2022
Education Abortion is becoming a factor in Jewish students’ college choices Danny Tal is one of many Jewish high school seniors reconsidering their college application choices this fall in the wake of the Supreme Court’s… By Jordan Greene, Forward Sep 22, 2022
Education S.F. school board backtracks on Muslim holiday resolution With a fourth lawsuit in two years bearing down on the district, the San Francisco school board voted on Tuesday to hold off on a plan to close schools… By Gabe Stutman Sep 21, 2022
Art Robin Bernstein uses vibrant fiber art to fight Holocaust ignorance Growing up in St. Louis, Robin Bernstein received a Jewish education, but it glossed over the Holocaust. So in 2009 when her son Asher got involved with… By Emma Goss Sep 21, 2022
Education NorCal school fills void for growing Chabad community There’s a Jewish day school near Sacramento that, unlike some others in Northern California, is having a growth spurt. That’s because it serves a specific… By Sue Fishkoff, Rachel Raskin-Zrihen Sep 20, 2022