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Antisemitic memes
Posted inTech

TikTok deal fuels rise of UpScrolled, whose founder conceived it as a haven for Palestinian activism

by Grace Gilson January 29, 2026January 29, 2026
People in Minneapolis march against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 25. (Sharon Mollerus via Flickr, CC BY 4.0)
Posted inBay Area

In Minnesota, Bay Area rabbis say ICE crisis demands unity, action 

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 28, 2026January 29, 2026
JD and Usha Vance at Dachau Concentration Camp memorial site
Posted inPolitics

Vance omits mention of Jews from Holocaust Remembrance Day statement, incensing Jewish critics on both sides of the aisle

by Andrew Lapin January 28, 2026January 28, 2026
Jonathan Dekel-Chen
Posted inEducation

Father of former Israeli hostage joins Columbia as a Jewish history professor

Shira Li Bartov by Shira Li Bartov January 28, 2026January 28, 2026
Berkeley High School students hold a pro-Palestinian "teach-out" at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park after walking out of class on Jan. 27. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Berkeley High students stage pro-Palestinian walkout on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
Hostages Square
Posted inIsrael

Jewish world marks first day with no hostages in Gaza by shedding their symbols of support

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
“Neshama,” by Marcella Pixley
Posted inBooks

Stories of ghosts, grief and Shabbat gladness win top prizes in Jewish children’s literature

by Penny Schwartz January 27, 2026January 27, 2026
Two men at dais
Posted inNews

Richmond councilmember unpacks why censure of mayor for antisemitism failed

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 26, 2026January 27, 2026
Community leaders stand next to lit memorial candles during the International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Menorah Center SF on Jan. 25. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inHolocaust Remembrance Day

‘Never again’ must be ‘something we do’: S.F. event commemorates Holocaust

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 26, 2026January 26, 2026
A family in the Seduva shtetl, captured before the world they knew disappeared. The Lost Shtetl Museum offers an intimate look at religious, civic and cultural life in communities like these. (The Lost Shtetl Museum/collection of Anat Rosen)
Posted inCulture

Echoes of a lost shtetl: How sound is recreating a vanished Jewish world

Leslie Katz by Leslie Katz January 26, 2026January 26, 2026

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