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The René C. Davidson Courthouse of the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. (Photo/Gabriel Classon-Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

Jews were excluded from Alameda County’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 13, 2024June 23, 2024
Barbara Rosenberg with President Ronald Reagan. (Photo/Courtesy Michael Rosenberg)
Posted inObituaries

Philanthropist Barbara Rosenberg, a ‘force of nature,’ dies at 91 

by Sue Fishkoff May 9, 2024May 9, 2024
Anita Friedman, executive director of Jewish Family and Children’s Services, discusses children's education with Tony Thurmond, California's superintendent of public instruction, at the JCCSF on May 5, 2024, during a Yom HaShoah observance. (Photo/Courtesy JFCS)
Posted inNews

Education is best tool against hate, California schools chief says at Yom HaShoah event

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva May 9, 2024May 17, 2024
Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
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Berkeley schools superintendent grilled in congressional hearing on antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk attempts to get law student Malak Afaneh to leave the home Fisk shares with her husband, Berkeley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, on April 9, 2024. (Screenshot via Instagram)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley opens probe into law professor over confrontation with anti-Israel student

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 7, 2024May 8, 2024
Israeli flags were in abundance at a rally in San Francisco's Union Square on  Sept. 18, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Where to observe Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut in the Bay Area

by J. Staff May 7, 2024May 13, 2024
The playground at the Osher Marin JCC's new satellite campus in Mill Valley. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

Marin JCC’s new southern satellite campus is humming along

by Ryan Torok May 7, 2024May 7, 2024
Hundreds of observers pack the quad at San Francisco State University for an open negotiation session between pro-Palestinian protesters and university administrators, May 6, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

S.F. State president negotiates with tent camp leaders over Israel investments

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 8, 2024
Nathan Thrall (right) discusses his book, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," with moderator Mark Danner at the JCCSF on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/Screenshot)
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Bay Area native Nathan Thrall wins Pulitzer; S.F. reporter Peter Waldman named finalist

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2024June 24, 2024
Bella Barany, 87, a Berkeley resident who told J. she is making aliyah soon to join her daughter in Israel, flashes a smile as she holds an Israeli flag on a pedestrian overpass in Berkeley in support of the hostages in Gaza, May 5, 2024. (Photo/Ido Bartana)
Posted inBay Area

New East Bay overpass vigil — this one in Berkeley — calls attention to hostages

by Sue Fishkoff May 6, 2024May 7, 2024

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