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Fringe conservative political candidate Don Grundmann talking to reporters at a "Straight Pride" protest outside Planned Parenthood in Modesto, Aug. 24, 2019. (Gabe Stutman/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Antisemitic screed in California voter guide rattles state’s Jews

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 24, 2026April 24, 2026
La America, a Ladino paper from the U.S., published 1911. (Courtesy NIL)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford Ladino scholar keeps grip on fading Ottoman Jewish world

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 24, 2026April 24, 2026
Michael Tilson Thomas conducting a rehearsal of the San Francisco Symphony (Photo/Art Streiber-Courtesy S.F. Symphony)
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Maestro Michael Tilson Thomas, celebrated conductor of S.F. Symphony, dies at 81

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
The San Leandro High School campus in July 2015. (newtonapple via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0 BY 2.0)
Posted inEducation

Jewish San Leandro high schooler sues for ‘pervasive’ antisemitic harassment

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (right) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu review a military honor guard on April 3, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary. (Attila Kisbenedek/AFP)
Posted inWorld

In Orban’s rule, Israelis saw a model for their own country. Will he also be one in defeat?

by Deborah Danan April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
A mother and child sit at the entrance to a tent in the Tel Aviv bus terminal. (Theia Chatelle)
Posted inIsrael

In the depths of Tel Aviv’s bus station, a fragile refuge for those with nowhere else to go during war

by Theia Chatelle April 23, 2026April 23, 2026
Prospect Sierra students sit around a campfire at Camp Tawonga. (Prospect Sierra/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area

Private East Bay school ends relationship with Tawonga over its ties to Israel

by Emma Goss April 22, 2026April 29, 2026
The ASHRU Fund, a new fund created by Jewish leaders, aims to support survivors of sexual violence and trafficking. (Screenshot)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Confronting Wexner-Epstein ties, alumni of Jewish leadership programs launch new survivor fund

by Grace Gilson April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
President of Argentina Javier Milei at the main rehearsal of the 78th anniversary Independence Day ceremony, held at Mount Herzl, Jerusalem, on April 19, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Posted inIsrael

Looming large over Israel’s 78th Independence Day celebrations: Argentina’s Javier Milei

by Grace Gilson April 22, 2026April 22, 2026
Israeli Consul General Marco Sermoneta at a ceremony for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day, at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Memorial event in Palo Alto turns political as crowd jeers at Israeli consul general 

by Emma Goss April 21, 2026April 23, 2026

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