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Posted inU.S.

Prominent Jewish names join letter to Biden from progressive donors warning against ‘unconditional’ support for Israel

by Ron Kampeas March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Protestors, dressed like women in the patriarchal dystopia of “The Handmaid’s Tale” TV series, participate in a July 25, 2023 protest in San Francisco. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inIsrael

Global index cites judicial coup as it downgrades Israel from ‘liberal democracy’

by Michael Hauser Tov March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Jewish students crowd into Ron Hassner's office on the first day of the professor's sit-in over the University of California, Berkeley's handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on campus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hassner)
Posted inCalifornia

Congress launches antisemitism probe into UC Berkeley as ‘sleep-in’ protests expand statewide

by Andrew Lapin March 19, 2024March 20, 2024
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
Posted inBay Area

From Rafah to Berkeley: symbolic interfaith ‘pilgrimage’ to advocate for cease-fire

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2024March 19, 2024
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, Dec. 19, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Scott Olson-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Trump: Any Jew who votes for Democrats ‘hates their religion’

by Ron Kampeas March 19, 2024
The Masorti community in Chernivtsi has doubled to about 70 families because of internal displacement within Ukraine induced by the Russian invasion and ongoing war. (Photo/Courtesy Chernivtsi Jewish Community)
Posted inWorld

Many Ukrainian Jews have left over 2 years of war. Many others are still invested in their local communities.

by Marcel Gascón Barberá March 19, 2024
Michael Levy, brother of Gaza hostage Or Levy, at the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation office on March 13, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Or Levy lived the ‘new Israeli dream’ until Oct. 7, brother says in San Francisco

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva March 18, 2024March 20, 2024
President Joe Biden speaks during a Saint Patrick’s Day event with Irish Taoiseach (prime minister) Leo Varadkar in the East Room of the White House, March 17, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Netanyahu says Schumer’s call for new elections is ‘totally inappropriate’ amid deepening rift with Biden

by Ron Kampeas March 18, 2024
Students and community members from Michigan State University Hillel hold a vigil after Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hillel International)
Posted inIsrael

Israel establishes an annual commemoration of the Oct. 7 attack — but not on Oct. 7

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 18, 2024March 18, 2024
Chancellor Carol Christ in front of Sather Gate on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley)
Posted inNews

Does UC Berkeley have an antisemitism problem? Chancellor Carol Christ weighs in

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 15, 2024March 17, 2024

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