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Police and sheriff's deputies break through a crowd of protesters outside the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces Bay Area Gala in San Carlos, Nov. 5, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inAnalysis

Escalating protests for Gaza complicate ‘threat nexus’ for American Jews

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 30, 2024June 28, 2024
A parade counterprotest sees "queerness as an ongoing engagement in the liberation of all people." (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Pro-Palestinian groups plan countermarch, boycott of SF Pride parade

by J. Staff June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ in 2017. (Courtesy UC Berkeley)
Posted inBay Area

Outgoing chancellor: Cal won’t divest from Israel, will invest in antisemitism education

by Emma Goss June 27, 2024June 28, 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)
Posted inNews

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
President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embrace on the tarmac at Ben Gurion Airport, Oct. 18, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Avi Ohayon-Courtesy Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inPolitics

Polls show a small slip of Jewish voters from Biden to Trump. Could it impact the election?

by Jacob Kornbluh June 27, 2024June 27, 2024
Barbara Cymrot, pictured in the Castro District of San Francisco, was one of the first parents to join Sha'ar Zahav, San Francisco's LGBTQ synagogue. (Aaron-Levy Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPride

LGBTQ synagogue Sha’ar Zahav, once reluctant to welcome children, embraces its third generation

by Emma Goss June 26, 2024July 1, 2024
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands in the glass defendants' cage in the Yekaterinburg courthouse where his trial began on June 26. (Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Closed-door espionage trial of American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich begins in Russia

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 26, 2024June 26, 2024
Ghaith Al-Omari, a former adviser to the Palestinian Authority and current senior fellow at the Washington Institute,  says that two states for two peoples remains the only solution. (Aaron-Levy Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

PA must step up for Gaza, former Palestinian peace negotiator says in Oakland

by Sue Fishkoff June 25, 2024June 26, 2024
Julia Métraux will join J. as its California Local News Fellow in September.
Posted inNews

J. set to welcome new reporter through California Local News Fellowship

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky June 25, 2024September 11, 2024
Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry addresses reporters after a U.S. Supreme Court first amendment case in March, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty)
Posted inU.S.

Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg June 25, 2024June 25, 2024

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