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Shayna Dollinger, photographed on the campus of American Jewish University and its Ziegler rabbinical school before transferring away to a different rabbinical school. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy)
Posted inReligion

Investigation clears Ziegler rabbinical school deans of ethics code allegations

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev September 27, 2024September 27, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of a Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021 (Courtesy Office of the Governor)
Posted inPolitics

State bills focusing on antisemitism and Holocaust education training await Newsom’s signature

by Ryan Torok September 20, 2024September 20, 2024
Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill promoting the restitution of art and personal property looted by the Nazis during the Holocaust. (Office of Gov. Gavin Newsom)
Posted inCalifornia

California passes law to help Holocaust survivors and heirs recover Nazi-looted art

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Rabbis in black robes and tallits stand in an ornate synagogue
Posted inWorld

L.A. and Jerusalem rabbis step in as battle rages over who should run German rabbinical schools

by Toby Axelrod September 19, 2024September 19, 2024
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inU.S.

Since Oct. 7, more Americans see antisemitism as a ‘very serious’ problem

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(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
At left, what the fire looked like from Camp Moshava Alevy at 1 p.m. on Friday. The photo on the right, taken by the onsite camp director, is what it looked like six hours after the campsite evacuated. (Jonathan Ravanshenas, left/Joe Zeveda, right)
Posted inCalifornia

How a California wildfire put an Orthodox school’s values to the test

Louis Keene by Louis Keene September 10, 2024September 10, 2024
Rabbi Sharon Brous of IKAR in Los Angeles speaks at the DNC in Chicago, Aug. 20, 2024. (Screenshot)
Posted inReligion

Rabbi Sharon Brous delivers DNC 2nd night invocation: Israelis and Palestinians deserve peace

by Julie Moos August 21, 2024August 21, 2024
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA, which has since been disbanded, seen in May. (Jacob Gurvis/JTA)
Posted inCalifornia

UCLA can’t let protesters block Jewish students’ access to campus, judge rules

by Andrew Lapin August 14, 2024August 15, 2024
Thurmond, a bald Black man, sits smiling
Posted inEducation

California schools superintendent Tony Thurmond on his deep Jewish attachments — and the coming school year

by Sue Fishkoff August 2, 2024August 2, 2024
Attendees of a recent Sac Bad Jews event at Alaro Craft Brewery in Sacramento. (Screenshot via Instagram)
Posted inNorthern California

‘Bad Jews’ grows, bringing their irreverent vibe to Sacramento

by Ryan Torok July 31, 2024July 31, 2024

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