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State Sen. Ben Allen, chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus, puts a mezuzah on his office door with Rabbi Mendy Cohen. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inCalifornia

California Jewish legislators hang mezuzahs on their offices to celebrate ‘mezuzah bill’

by JTA and Sam Sokol August 14, 2019August 14, 2019
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond will recommend that the curriculum “highlight the contributions of Jewish Americans.” (Photo/Flickr-Gage Skidmore CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum needs ‘substantial’ revisions, officials say

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 13, 2019August 14, 2019
California Jewish and Latino lawmakers visit the Otay Mesa Detention Center near San Diego. (Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inNorthern California

Jewish and Latino state lawmakers visit ICE detention center near San Diego

by Gabriel Greschler August 12, 2019August 13, 2019
California Legislative Jewish Caucus chair Ben Allen (arm extended) speaks with Gov. Gavin Newsom at a meeting in March 2019 .(Photo/Courtesy California Legislative Jewish Caucus)
Posted inEducation

Draft high school ethnic studies curriculum ‘anti-Jewish,’ say California Jewish orgs

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 6, 2019August 7, 2019
William Scott Planer (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNews

Neo-Nazi sentenced in 2016 state Capitol altercation

by Dan Pine July 10, 2019
SB 652, known as the “mezuzah bill,” would bar California landlords and condo associations from prohibiting “the display of religious items,” such as mezuzahs, of a certain size on doors and doorframes. (Photo/Wikimedia-00dahc)
Posted inBay Area

‘Inscribe them on your doorposts’: California lawmakers pass ‘mezuzah bill’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 10, 2019August 13, 2019
Poway Chabad leader Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who was shot in the hands, walks towards a press conference with Poway Mayor Steve Vaus, April 28, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Sandy Huffaker-AFP-Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

Anti-Semitic crimes in California increased by 21 percent in 2018

by JTA July 5, 2019
URJ Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, one year after the summer camp was largely destroyed by fire (Photo/Courtesy URJ Camp Newman)
Posted inNews

New state budget includes money for fire-damaged Jewish camps, Holocaust museum

Ben Sales by JTA and Ben Sales June 28, 2019July 9, 2019
These fliers were found at UC Berkeley and UC Davis as well as at Vassar College in New York. (Photo/StandWithUs)
Posted inUncategorized, California

Campuses in California and elsewhere see increase in white supremacist fliers

Josefin Dolsten by JTA and Josefin Dolsten June 27, 2019June 28, 2019
Some subscribers say Hello Mazel took their payments but didn’t deliver. (Photo/from file)
Posted inNews

Subscribers to Hello Mazel, popular Jewish Kickstarter project, appear to be out of luck

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 21, 2019June 21, 2019

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