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Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (left), Assembly member Jesse Gabriel (front, second from left), Gov. Gavin Newsom (center, seated) and others at signing for AB 1548 nonprofit security grant bill in Sacramento on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Courtesy Assembly member Gabriel's Office)
Posted inCalifornia

State bill would provide training to better identify hate crimes

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 2, 2020June 2, 2020
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond (center) met with Jewish leaders on Jan. 7 to discuss the controversial draft ethnic studies curriculum for California high schools. (Photo/Twitter-Rick Hirschhaut)
Posted inCalifornia

Ethnic studies model curriculum no longer includes BDS, state officials say

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 22, 2020May 25, 2020
Vallejo Unified School District building. (Photo/Rachel Raskin-Zrihen)
Posted inEducation

Vallejo school board tables vote on ‘anti-Jewish’ ethnic studies curriculum

Rachel Raskin-Zrihen by Rachel Raskin-Zrihen May 14, 2020May 25, 2020
Mourners leave mementos across the street from the Chabad Community Center in Poway, April 29, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Gabrielle Birkner)
Posted inUncategorized

California ranks third in number of anti-Semitic incidents in 2019

Ben Sales by Gabriel Greschler and Ben Sales May 12, 2020May 13, 2020
Renee Godinez had her son pour spring water on her to symbolize immersing in a mikvah. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Godinez)
Posted inReligion

Converting to Judaism during the pandemic: delay — or get creative?

Josefin Dolsten by Josefin Dolsten and JTA May 11, 2020
Miriam Groman, who turned 100 on April 5, with Rachel Freeman, whose grandfather is Groman's partner, in 2018. (COURTESY FREEMAN)
Posted inCalifornia

Woman Zooms to 100 with virtual birthday party

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 10, 2020April 10, 2020
A houseboat on Lake Shasta. (WIKIMEDIA/CCATLETT1972 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inNorthern California

Lawsuit: judge called public defender ‘Jew boy,’ shoved him into Lake Shasta

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 7, 2020July 14, 2020
Camp Ramah in the Rockies (Photo/Courtesy Ramah)
Posted inBay Area, U.S., Northern California, California, News

Ramah in the Rockies Jewish summer camp averts layoffs with a federal grant

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA April 7, 2020April 7, 2020
Protesters keep their social distance while protesting outside Gov. Gavin Newsom's residence in Fair Oaks. (MOLLY STUART)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish protesters keep their distance in action demanding release of ICE detainees

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 23, 2020August 17, 2021
Illegally assembled AR-15-style assault rifle and ammunition magazines recovered during a search of Ross Farca's Concord home. (Photo/Concord Police Department)
Posted inCalifornia

Case of East Bay anti-Semitic threats begets state bill to fortify hate crimes law

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 12, 2020March 19, 2020

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