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Asher Cohen is the 2025 UC Berkeley University Medalist, the highest honor given to a graduating senior. (Charlotte Buchen Khadra/UC Berkeley)
Posted inEducation

Cal valedictorian: ‘Nervousness shows that we care’

by Dan Pine May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
(Photo-illustration by J. staff, background photo via Wikimedia Commons/Mdy66 CC BY-SA 4.0)
Posted inU.S.

Manifesto tied to suspected Jewish museum shooter called to ‘bring the war home’ 

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
A TikTok post celebrating Elias Rodriguez. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

‘More Elias’: These people are celebrating the Jewish museum shooting

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
Sarah Milgrim and Yaron Lischinsky were identified as the two Israeli embassy staffers killed in a shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2025. They had attended an embassy event to mark Israel's 77th Independence Day on May 10. (X)
Posted inU.S.

Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Milgrim identified as victims in Jewish museum shooting

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer May 22, 2025May 22, 2025
A man, standing behind police tape, talks on his cell phone outside the Capital Jewish Museum following a shooting that left two people dead, in Washington, DC, in the early hours of May 22, 2025. Two Israeli embassy staffers were killed in the shooting. (Alex Wroblewski/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

2 Israeli embassy staffers shot to death outside D.C. Jewish museum event

by JTA Staff May 21, 2025May 22, 2025
Contra Costa Jewish Day School Principal Eden Allswang Bruner will take over as head of school this summer when Dean Goldfein transitions to an emeritus role. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

After 25 years leading a Jewish day school, he’s stepping down — but not retiring

by Dan Pine May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers remarks following a meeting with U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-L.A.) at the U.S. Capitol on Feb. 7, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images)
Posted inIsrael

An embattled Netanyahu says ‘Trump plan’ for Gaza emigration is a condition for ending war

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
A yeshiva school bus drives through Brooklyn on Sept. 12, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

School vouchers would expand nationwide under proposal cheered by Orthodox groups

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev May 21, 2025May 21, 2025
Pro-Palestinian teachers in Oakland organized themselves early in the ongoing war. Here, a banner reads "Oakland Educators Say Fund Education, Not War on Gaza" at an Oakland Unified School District meeting on Nov. 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy anonymous)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland schools decline to discipline staff over 2023 pro-Palestinian teach-in

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi May 20, 2025November 5, 2025
Adam Boehler, the U.S. hostage envoy, speaks at the Jerusalem Post conference on May 19, 2025. (Marc Israel Sellem/The Jerusalem Post)
Posted inPolitics

U.S. hostage envoy: ‘We’re closer than we ever were’ to a deal with Hamas

Ben Sales by Ben Sales May 20, 2025May 20, 2025

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