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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)
Posted inEducation

ADL accuses Central Coast school board members of ‘blatant’ antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 21, 2025April 22, 2025
Man speaks at podium
Posted inPolitics

Ethnic studies bill in state legislature will be a fight, says JPAC director

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 21, 2025April 21, 2025
Sen. Cory Booker delivers a prayer at IKAR in Los Angeles on Oct. 12, 2024. (Screenshot)
Posted inPolitics

Cory Booker spoke at an L.A. synagogue on Yom Kippur. Its rabbi says Jews should learn from his 25-hour Senate speech.

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer April 2, 2025April 3, 2025
President Donald Trump attends a briefing about Hurricane Dorian at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., Sept. 1, 2019. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr)
Posted inNorthern California

State grants $5.6M for security to Northern California Jewish orgs, amid freeze on FEMA funds

by Ryan Torok March 31, 2025April 2, 2025
USF basketball coach Todd Golden at a game in 2019. (Chris Leung/USF Dons)
Posted inUncategorized

Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in March Madness — and two have Bay Area connections

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and J. Staff March 17, 2025March 18, 2025
a bald middle-aged man in a suit holds up a poster/brochure titled "Your Voice Shapes Our Future" as he speaks to an indoor audience
Posted inBay Area

60 Northern California Jews are running to have a say in how billions are spent by World Zionist Congress

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Maya Mirsky and Lea Loeb March 12, 2025March 13, 2025
Holocaust survivor and students
Posted inEducation

Bill aims to increase oversight, offer grants for Holocaust education in California

by Ryan Torok February 26, 2025February 26, 2025
California's Capitol building. (Stephen Leonardi/Pexels)
Posted inNews

New state bill looks to block bias in ethnic studies by standardizing courses

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 24, 2025February 25, 2025
School board meets
Posted inCalifornia

Southern California school district halts ethnic studies courses following lawsuit over alleged antisemitism

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev February 21, 2025February 21, 2025
The steps of a large academic building are crowded with small tents and banners with messages such as "Glory to the Martyrs" and "Student Intifada"
Posted inBay Area

One point of consistency amid Trump’s rapid changes: a drumbeat of federal campus antisemitism investigations

by Andrew Lapin February 4, 2025February 4, 2025

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