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A student's annotated copy of an antisemitic conspiracy text assigned by teacher Henry Bens (inset) at Mt. Eden High School in Hayward.
Posted inBay Area

East Bay high school teacher called out for antisemitic lessons

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 21, 2023January 25, 2024
Inset: Jaime Tran was arrested after two shootings outside synagogues in L.A.'s heavily Jewish neighborhood of Pico-Robertson. Background: Police on the scene after the second shooting, Feb. 16, 2023 (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
Posted inUncategorized

In emails, man arrested in L.A. shootings accused Jewish classmates of creating COVID-19 pandemic

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward February 21, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to the media in Jerusalem, Aug. 13, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inNews

In major step, Israeli judicial reform bill passes first parliamentary vote

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 20, 2023February 20, 2023
Dr. Michael Baker next to a monument in Mykhailivska Square in Kyiv protected by sandbags, Aug. 2022 (Photo/Courtesy Baker)
Posted inNews

This retired Bay Area surgeon is teaching trauma care to doctors in Ukraine

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 20, 2023
Left: Guy Taieb, 73, outside the Pinto Center Friday morning. Right: Taieb's wounds from Thursday morning, when he was shot walking home from services. (Photos/Forward-Louis Keene; Courtesy Taieb)
Posted inCalifornia

Los Angeles shooting victim: ‘He was looking for Jewish people for sure’

Louis Keene by Louis Keene and Forward February 17, 2023
Katie Couric and Laura Lauder at the Jewish Community Federation's Day of Philanthropy, Feb. 15, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JCF)
Posted inBay Area

Katie Couric is one proud Jew at Federation’s Day of Philanthropy

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 17, 2023February 20, 2023
The Pinto Center synagogue in Pico-Robertson. (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
Posted inCalifornia

Man with ‘history of animus toward the Jewish community’ arrested for 2 shootings outside L.A. synagogues

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA February 17, 2023February 17, 2023
Shay Cohen speaks in favor of the IHRA resolution, Feb. 15, 2023. (Screenshot)
Posted inNews

Berkeley student senate sinks IHRA antisemitism measure

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2023
Police remain on the scene hours after a Jewish man was shot on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2022, after leaving morning services at the Pinto Synagogue in the Pico-Robertson neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/Forward-Louis Keene)
Posted inCalifornia

Second Jewish man shot after leaving morning services in Los Angeles

Lauren MarkoeLouis Keene by Lauren Markoe, Louis Keene and Forward February 16, 2023
The Codex Sassoon, estimated to be about 1,000 years old, is going to auction at Sotheby's. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Sotheby's)
Posted inU.S.

The oldest copy of the Hebrew Bible is headed to auction this spring

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA February 16, 2023

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