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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.
Posted inBay Area

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
teenagers in school hallway
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What motivated the teenagers who made the ‘human swastika’ in San Jose? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
Branham High School in San Jose. (Wikimedia)
Posted inBay Area

Students who formed ‘human swastika’ at school to face ‘full scope’ of law

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
This image of eight teenagers laying in the shape of a swastika on a football field has been circulating online, along with a quote from Hitler about annihilating the Jews.
Posted inBay Area

‘Human swastika’ at San Jose high school prompts investigation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 5, 2025March 6, 2026
Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
Posted inBay Area

House committee to probe Berkeley schools over antisemitism allegations

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
University of Pennsylvania
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Jewish groups at Penn alarmed over federal lawsuit seeking information on employees

by Grace Gilson November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
Pro-Israel demonstrators march across Stanford University in Palo Alto on May 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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Stanford’s Israel studies program becomes permanent after three-year pilot

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 21, 2025January 6, 2026

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