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Vice President Kamala Harris addresses a reception for Rosh Hashanah at her residence, Sept. 12, 2023 in Washington, D.C. (Photo/White House photographer Lawrence Jackson)
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What would a Kamala Harris presidency mean for American Jews and Israel?

by Jacob Kornbluh July 8, 2024July 8, 2024
Chabad of Oakland's menorah at Lake Merritt on Dec. 10, 2023 (right), two days before it was vandalized, pulled down and thrown in the lake (left). (Courtesy Chabad of Oakland)
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Report: Anti-Jewish hate crimes in California rose at ‘alarming’ rate last year

by Sue Fishkoff July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Gavin Newsom meets with a Californian survivor of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center in October. (Courtesy office of the Governor)
Posted inPolitics

Kamala Harris, Gavin Newsom and other talked-about contenders to replace Joe Biden, and their Jewish stories

by Ron Kampeas July 3, 2024July 3, 2024
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaks during a press conference with the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles at the Museum of Tolerance in L.A., June 24, 2024. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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LAPD admits it was unprepared for Sunday’s violent protest outside LA synagogue

Jacob GurvisAsaf Elia-Shalev by Jacob Gurvis and Asaf Elia-Shalev June 27, 2024July 1, 2024
Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters clash outside a synagogue in Los Angeles, June 23, 2024. (Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Biden denounces violence during pro-Palestinian protest outside Los Angeles synagogue

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis June 24, 2024June 24, 2024
New York Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik displays the Anti-Defamation League's "F" campus report card grade for Northwestern as the presidents of that school, Rutgers, and UCLA testify before Congress on May 23, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

ADL doubles down on its campus antisemitism report cards despite backlash

by Andrew Lapin June 24, 2024June 24, 2024
The California Assembly's higher education committee discusses SB 1287 on June 18, 2024. (Photo/Hannah Ross)
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State bill meant to rein in college protests moves ahead but faces free speech questions

by Hannah Ross June 20, 2024June 21, 2024
Kevin Pillar hits a home run against the Houston Astros at Angel Stadium, June 7, 2024, in Anaheim, Calif. (Photo/JTA-Brian Rothmuller-Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
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As MLB veteran Kevin Pillar enjoys a late-career resurgence in L.A., he’s embracing his place as a Jewish baseball star

Jacob Gurvis by Jacob Gurvis June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
Morrie Markoff in 2023. (Photo/Courtesy The Brain Donor Project)
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Morrie Markoff, Jewish supercentenarian and oldest man in US, dies at 110

by Andrew Silow-Carroll June 13, 2024June 13, 2024
Head of Shalhevet High School Rabbi David Block speaks at the class of 2023 graduation. (Screenshot via Vimeo)
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L.A. Jewish day school censors two student newspaper articles on Israel-Hamas war

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 11, 2024June 11, 2024

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