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Abe Foxman at an Anti-Defamation League event at The Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, May 8, 2014. (Michael Kovac/WireImage/Getty Images)
Posted inObituaries

Abraham Foxman, transformative longtime director of the ADL, dies at 86

by Ron Kampeas May 11, 2026May 11, 2026
Shaare Zedek medical center. (Wikimedia/Nizzan Cohen)
Posted inPhilanthropy

WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum donates $200 million to Israeli hospital

by J. Staff May 8, 2026May 26, 2026
East Palo Alto's City Council meeting on May 5 drew dozens of opponents of a proclamation related to antisemitism. (Courtesy Mark Dinan)
Posted inBay Area

East Palo Alto becomes first local city to adopt contested definition of antisemitism

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 8, 2026May 8, 2026
People celebrate during a rally over the killing of former Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khameini at Harry Bridges Plaza in San Francisco, March 1, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inWorld

Monitored phone calls and fear of arrest: What life looks like for Iran’s Jews now

by Simone Saidmehr May 8, 2026May 8, 2026
Bay Area Jewish funeral home Sinai Memorial is co-hosting the May 12 event, which will explore how psychedelic-assisted therapy can help people facing serious illness, death and grief. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inIdeas

Jews examine psychedelic use in end-of-life care and grieving process

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 7, 2026May 15, 2026
Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen
Posted inNorthern California

UPDATED: Judge kicks Santa Clara DA off Stanford anti-Israel protesters case

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 7, 2026May 12, 2026
Elena Colomba draws a Star of David at a Thousand Oaks, California, street corner where a Jewish pro-Israel protester, Paul Kessler, was killed during an altercation, Nov. 7, 2023. (Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inCalifornia

Jewish leaders lament ‘woefully inadequate’ sentence after California man pleads guilty in death of pro-Israel protester

by Grace Gilson May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
A march against antisemitism, Paris, Nov. 12, 2023. (Siren-Com/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inWorld

Do Jews have a future in Europe? A historian of antisemitism has her doubts.

by Andrew Silow-Carroll May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
A rendering of helical DNA structures. (onlyyouqj/iStock)
Posted inU.S.

Her body has been unidentified for decades. Her Ashkenazi DNA may explain why

by Hannah Feuer May 7, 2026May 7, 2026
San Francisco Unified School District central offices
Posted inEducation

Ethnic studies curriculum that sidesteps Israel adopted by S.F. schools

by Emma Goss May 6, 2026May 21, 2026

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