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Berkeley High School on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Helpline connects California families to lawyers to report school antisemitism

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
The Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on Sunday, March 3, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLetters

We’re not Nazis; strong feelings on Gaza; etc.

by J. Readers March 6, 2024March 11, 2024
Adam Schiff and his wife Eve Schiff during his California primary election night gathering at in Los Angeles, March 5, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Justin Sullivan-Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Adam Schiff, with AIPAC backing, advances to Senate race

by Ron Kampeas March 6, 2024March 7, 2024
El Cajon, California, Mayor Bill Wells speaks at a vigil in memory of Dr. Benjamin Harouni, a Jewish dentist who was murdered at his practice on Feb. 29, 2024, in El Cajon, March 3, 2024. (Screenshot from video via JTA)
Posted inCalifornia

Calls mount to investigate antisemitism in killing of San Diego Jewish dentist Benjamin Harouni

Ben SalesPhilissa CramerJacob Gurvis by Ben Sales, Philissa Cramer and Jacob Gurvis March 5, 2024
Small group of people tour a kibbutz
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State legislators visit a devastated kibbutz, meet with families of hostages

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 3, 2024March 6, 2024
Holocaust survivor Lisa Brinner (left) with California Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond at an event at El Cerrito High School last month. (Photo/Courtesy California Department of Education)
Posted inEducation

CA Department of Education brings survivor testimony to Bay Area schools

by Ryan Torok February 15, 2024February 16, 2024
Senate candidates (from left) Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland), former professional baseball player Steve Garvey, Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Orange County) share the stage at a debate in San Francisco, Feb. 12, 2024. (Screenshot/KRON4)
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Senate candidates pressed to take positions on Israel-Hamas war in S.F. debate

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 13, 2024
Members of the Camp Tawonga community at a Kol Nidrei service in Joaquin Miller Park in Oakland Sept. 24, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy Camp Tawonga)
Posted inNorthern California

Push for cease-fire puts Camp Tawonga on unfamiliar ground

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 7, 2024February 7, 2024
Pearl Berg (aged 3) with her parents Archiebald and Anna (Gerson) Synenberg in 1913; at right, Berg in recent years. (Photos/JTA-Gerontology Research Group, Gerry Teitelbaum-Judy Taback)
Posted inObituaries

Pearl Berg, world’s oldest Jewish person and 9th-oldest overall, dies at 114

by Andrew Silow-Carroll February 7, 2024
Near the UC Berkeley campus, a truck from the organization Accuracy in Media encourages potential employers to pledge not to hire Berkeley Law students who AIM says are antisemites, Jan. 30, 2024. (Photo/Courtesy of Accuracy in Media)
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Truck that doxxes alleged antisemites returns to UC Berkeley

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 6, 2024February 7, 2024

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