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Police in Redlands, California, investigate shooting attack on Jewish family’s Hanukkah display

by Grace Gilson December 15, 2025December 15, 2025
Rob Reiner and Michele Reiner attend Human Rights Campaign’s 2025 Los Angeles Dinner at Fairmont Century Plaza on March 22, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Human Rights Campaign)
Posted inFilm

Rob Reiner, iconic Jewish director and actor, and wife Michele found dead

by Andrew Lapin December 15, 2025December 15, 2025
A Jewish first responder reacts as he stands at the site of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 14, 2025. (Saeed Khan/AFP)
Posted inNews

Deadly Hanukkah attack comes after years of escalating antisemitism in Australia

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
Video footage shows a bystander, identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed, tackling a shooter on Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack on Dec. 14, 2025, in Sydney. (Screenshot)
Posted inWorld

Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach gunman identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed; attackers named

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
People cross a street next to police vehicles after a shooting on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Dec. 14, 2025. (David Gray/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

At least 15 killed in shooting attack on Chabad Hanukkah event on Sydney’s Bondi Beach

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer December 14, 2025December 14, 2025
Branham High School senior Cormac Nolan addresses the Campbell Union High School District board on Dec. 11. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

At first school meeting since swastika post, speakers share concerns, solidarity

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
Video of Israeli hostages in Gaza
Posted inIsrael

Footage of 6 hostages murdered in Gaza lighting Hanukkah candles renews grief

by Grace Gilson December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
A version of this poster hung outside the classroom of a Montera Middle School teacher.
Posted inBay Area

State findings of antisemitic discrimination mount against Oakland school district

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 11, 2025December 18, 2025
teenagers in school hallway
Posted inBay Area

What motivated the teenagers who made the ‘human swastika’ in San Jose? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
From left, staff photographer Aaron Levy-Wolins, deputy managing editor David A.M. Wilensky, managing editor Sue Barnett and editor-in-chief Chanan Tigay display their San Francisco Press Club awards on Dec. 9. (Courtesy)
Posted inBay Area

J. takes home five San Francisco Press Club awards

by J. Staff December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

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