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Donald Trump
Posted inPolitics

Netanyahu joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ despite misgivings about Qatari, Turkish participation

by Grace Gilson January 21, 2026January 21, 2026
Kamala Harris and Josh Shapiro
Posted inPolitics

Josh Shapiro reveals that Kamala Harris team asked if he’d been ‘Israeli agent’

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer January 21, 2026January 21, 2026
The climate at UC Davis has been highly polarized since the Hamas attack and outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war on Oct. 7, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNorthern California

UC Davis keeps professor whose social media post threatened ‘Zionist journalists’

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb January 20, 2026January 24, 2026
Mark Dreyfus
Posted inWorld

Kaddish for Bondi victims recited in Australian parliament as tougher hate crime laws pass

by Grace Gilson January 20, 2026January 20, 2026
Gavin Newsom and Ben Shapiro
Posted inPolitics

Newsom: Israel’s war in Gaza was not genocide, but ‘destruction broke my heart’

by Haaretz January 20, 2026January 20, 2026
People wearing yarmulkes
Posted inCalifornia

What will AB 715, California’s new school antisemitism law, do?

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman January 16, 2026January 20, 2026
Mickey Gitzin, right, and Daniel Sokatch take part in a pro-democracy demonstration in Tel Aviv, part of a wave of protests that engulfed the country after the government proposed a judicial branch overhaul in early 2023. Gitzin is stepping in as interim CEO of the New Israel Fund as Sokatch, its current head, takes a year-long sabbatical. (Courtesy NIF)
Posted inIsrael

New leader of New Israel Fund makes the case for liberal democracy

by Andrew Silow-Carroll January 16, 2026January 16, 2026
Woman hands out oranges
Posted inBay Area

Jews, Muslims and Christians unite to help Oakland neighbors in need

by Sue Fishkoff January 15, 2026January 21, 2026
Destroyed houses in Nuseirat camp in the central Gaza Strip on Dec. 26, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

Second phase of Gaza ceasefire underway, despite remaining hostage

by Grace Gilson January 15, 2026January 15, 2026
Peter Deutsch, founder of the Ben Gamla Jewish Charter School Foundation, addresses the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board on Jan. 12, 2026, in Oklahoma City. (Screenshot)
Posted inEducation

Tulsa’s Jewish community pushes back on Jewish charter school proposal

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev January 15, 2026January 15, 2026

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