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Posted inAnalysis

No, you’re not that good at detecting fake videos from Israel and Gaza

by Sam Wineburg and Michael Caulfield November 20, 2023November 20, 2023
Protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland wear T-shirts reading "Cease Fire Now," "Jews for a Cease Fire" and "Not in Our Name," Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy-JVP)
Posted inOpinion

JVP calls for cease-fire are calls to ‘save Hamas’ so they can attack again

Marco Sermonetta by Marco Sermoneta November 17, 2023November 20, 2023
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
Posted inLocal Voice

Jews who protest against Israel are not your enemies

Mariyama Scott by Mariyama Scott November 17, 2023November 17, 2023
A Palestinian flag was held aloft during a San Francisco rally on Oct. 28, 2023, that called for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inNews

Questions surround Palestinian flag raised outside Oakland public high school

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)Gabe Stutman by Maya Mirsky and Gabe Stutman November 17, 2023
Maia, a young black performer, stands on stage at a microphone, as if she is competing in a spelling bee
Posted inTheater

23-year-old actor made leap from camp talent show to local stages

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 17, 2023February 28, 2024
Mt. Eden High School teacher Paul Maciel speaks out against fellow teacher Henry Bens at the March 8, 2023 Hayward Unified School District board meeting, while holding a copy of "The Hidden Tyranny," a hoax antisemitic text Bens taught in class at Mt. Eden. (Screenshot)
Posted inEducation

Report: Hayward school district dragged feet on antisemitism in the classroom

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 16, 2023November 21, 2023
Protesters in favor of a cease-fire in Gaza block the westbound lanes of the Bay Bridge, Nov. 16, 2023. (Photo/Brooke Anderson-Courtesy AROC)
Posted inNews

Activists seeking Gaza cease-fire shut down Bay Bridge amid APEC summit

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 16, 2023
Mitch Horowitz is the author of "Modern Occultism." (Photo/Ebru Yildiz)
Posted inBooks

Q&A: This historian says occultism isn’t ‘entirely at odds with Judaism’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten November 16, 2023June 4, 2024
a large crowd of protesters in an indoor rotunda, surrounded by "ceasefire now" signs
Posted inNews

Jewish anti-Zionists arrested during sit-in at Oakland federal building calling for Gaza cease-fire

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 15, 2023November 15, 2023
Oakland Unified School District teacher Joshua Diamant at a press conference where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders expressed their distress at a statement by the teachers' union they deemed antisemitic, Nov. 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland parents (and some teachers) organize against pro-Palestinian activism in schools

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 15, 2023

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