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Jonathan Dekel-Chen
Posted inEducation

Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov January 28, 2026January 28, 2026
Berkeley High School students hold a pro-Palestinian "teach-out" at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park after walking out of class on Jan. 27. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley High students stage pro-Palestinian walkout on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
A family in the Seduva shtetl, captured before the world they knew disappeared. The Lost Shtetl Museum offers an intimate look at religious, civic and cultural life in communities like these. (The Lost Shtetl Museum/collection of Anat Rosen)
Posted inCulture

Echoes of a lost shtetl: How sound is recreating a vanished Jewish world

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot)
Posted inEducation

Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Jewish charter school proposal

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 15, 2026January 15, 2026
A court sketch shows Santa Clara County deputy public defender Avanindar Singh giving his opening statement to the jury, with three of the five defendants seated behind him, at the Hall of Justice in San Jose on Jan. 9, 2026. (Jane Sinense)
Posted inNorthern California

Prosecutor calls Stanford sit-in ‘attempted extortion’ as trial begins

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 9, 2026January 9, 2026
Cooper Union College
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Cooper Union settles Title VI antisemitism case with 10 Jewish students who were barricaded in library after Oct. 7

by Andrew Lapin January 9, 2026January 9, 2026
Roasting marshmallows is a time-honored tradition at summer camp. (Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
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J. wants your stories from Jewish summer camp in Northern California

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein December 31, 2025January 5, 2026
A Dec. 12 OUSD report responded to 16 incidents, including the raising of a Palestinian flag  under a Pride Progress flag at United for Success Academy middle school on Oct. 3, 2025. (Courtesy Oakland Jewish Alliance)
Posted inBay Area

OUSD acknowledges it created a ‘discriminatory environment’ for Jews

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 26, 2025January 13, 2026
UCLA
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Federal attorneys leave Trump’s UC antisemitism investigation en masse, alleging ‘sham’ process

by Andrew Lapin December 19, 2025December 19, 2025
A version of this poster hung outside the classroom of a Montera Middle School teacher.
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State findings of antisemitic discrimination mount against Oakland school district

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 11, 2025December 18, 2025

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