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Paul Berg soon after learning he received the Nobel Prize in 1980.(Photo/Stanford Medicine)
Posted inBay Area, News

Pioneer of gene research dead at 96

by Emily Moskal, Stanford Medicine February 24, 2023February 24, 2023
Mt. Eden high school in Hayward. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area

Hayward teacher placed on leave after teaching antisemitic conspiracies

by J. Staff February 23, 2023
Nick Resnick (Courtesy/Nick Resnick For Oakland School Board)
Posted inNorthern California

Trailblazing Jewish school board member steps down after vote count reversal

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 22, 2023February 23, 2023
A student's annotated copy of an antisemitic conspiracy text assigned by teacher Henry Bens (inset) at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.
Posted inBay Area

East Bay high school teacher called out for antisemitic lessons

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 21, 2023January 25, 2024
Dr. Michael Baker next to a monument in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv protected by sandbags, Aug. 2022 (Photo/Courtesy Baker)
Posted inNews

This retired Bay Area surgeon is teaching trauma care to doctors in Ukraine

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2023
Katie Couric and Laura Lauder at the Jewish Community Federation's Day of Philanthropy, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCF)
Posted inBay Area

Katie Couric is one proud Jew at Federation’s Day of Philanthropy

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 17, 2023February 20, 2023
Shay Cohen speaks in favor of the IHRA resolution, Feb. 15, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Berkeley student senate sinks IHRA antisemitism measure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023
Rabbi Bentziyon Pil founded and runs the Schneerson Center, a synagogue that serves primarily Russian-speaking Jews in San Francisco. (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
Posted inNews

‘We thought we were safe’: Fallout from Schneerson Center gun scare

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023March 28, 2024
Two young men walk in a Jewish neighborhood in Shiraz. On the wall behind them, a derogatory term for Jews is written in graffiti. (Photo/Hassan Sarbakhsian via JTA)
Posted inBay Area

Upcoming USF event: Why ‘we have to pay attention’ to Jews of Iran

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2023February 16, 2023
Ho Feng-Shan poses for a photo taken while he was a Chinese consul in Egypt. (Photo/JTA-Carlos Avila Gonzalez-The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Posted inBooks

Novel about Chinese rescuer of Jews raises questions of fact vs. fiction in Holocaust stories

by Jordyn Haime and JTA February 14, 2023February 15, 2023

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