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Pro-Palestinian teachers in Oakland organized themselves early in the ongoing war. Here, a banner reads "Oakland Educators Say Fund Education, Not War on Gaza" at an Oakland Unified School District meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy anonymous)
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Oakland schools decline to discipline staff over 2023 pro-Palestinian teach-in

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 20, 2025November 5, 2025
Screenshot from a video taken by a Brandeis School staff member of a man in a white sedan shouting "f**k Israel" as he drives past a student and her mother on Brotherhood Way in San Francisco. (Courtesy)
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Antisemitic invective shouted from car in incidents at S.F. day school, synagogue

by Emma Goss May 19, 2025May 21, 2025
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J. wins two California Journalism Awards

by J. Staff May 19, 2025May 19, 2025
The American flag proudly waves on a flagpole against a clear blue sky, symbolizing freedom and patriotism.
Posted inJewish Life

Where to celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month around the Bay

by J. Staff May 19, 2025May 19, 2025
Joy Sisisky (left) and Eileen Ruby at the 2025 Chapman Award luncheon, May 2, 2025. (John Baker)
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Former Federation board chair Eileen Ruby receives Chapman Award

by J. Staff May 19, 2025May 19, 2025
Still image of Harvey Milk featured in "The Times of Harvey Milk." A 40th anniversary screening of the 1984 documentary is part of a series of events commemorating what would have been Milk's 95th birthday.
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Where to celebrate Harvey Milk Day: Honoring the gay Jewish icon’s 95th birthday

by J. Staff May 16, 2025May 29, 2025
Redwood High School  is one of several high schools in the Tamalpais Union High School District. (ResearcherQ via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0)
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Marin teacher told class there were ‘too many Jews’ in the district

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 15, 2025May 19, 2025
Chai Preschool Director Esty Marcus sits with children at Chai Preschool in San Mateo on May 9, 2025, the day she was given the EarlyJ Impact Award. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Preschool director who ‘values excellence’ wins EarlyJ’s first award

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 13, 2025May 14, 2025
Pajaro Valley Unified School District board member Gabriel Medina (right) talks to Jewish attendees of a school board meeting about ethnic studies, April 16, 2025. (Screenshot via YouTube/Pajaro Valley Unified School District)
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Central Coast school board rejects Holocaust education proposal

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 9, 2025May 10, 2025
A Day of the Dead altar for Palestinian children killed in the ongoing Israel-Hamas war was on display in the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in fall 2024. (Courtesy Shlomit and Yigal Blum)
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Group of SJSU faculty lose fight over Day of the Dead altar they called a modern ‘blood libel’

by Emma Goss May 9, 2025May 11, 2025

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