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Lila Volkas with a Hamantaschen Spritz mocktail at her studio in Oakland, March 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Mocktail expert shakes up Purim tradition with a Hamantaschen Spritz

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 20, 2024May 23, 2024
Introduction to Shooting, hosted by SF Bad Jews at San Leandro Rifle & Pistol Range, Feb. 25, 2024. (Photo/Andrew Esensten)
Posted inLetters

Mourning Sooze Potter; Jews with guns; Crisis at UC Berkeley; etc.

by J. Readers March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Gisele Kahalon, a Jewish senior at Drexel University working with the Orthodox college student outreach group Olami, advocates for changes to the Title VI antisemitism reporting system during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2024. She is flanked by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina (left), Olami staff and other Jewish college students. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Olami)
Posted inU.S.

Department of Education increases transparency around Title VI discrimination investigations post-Oct. 7

by Andrew Lapin March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Jewish students crowd into Ron Hassner's office on the first day of the professor's sit-in over the University of California, Berkeley's handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on campus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hassner)
Posted inCalifornia

Congress launches antisemitism probe into UC Berkeley as ‘sleep-in’ protests expand statewide

by Andrew Lapin March 19, 2024March 20, 2024
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 inBay Area

From Rafah to Berkeley: symbolic interfaith ‘pilgrimage’ to advocate for cease-fire

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2024March 19, 2024
Maya Arad (Photo/Mira Mamon)
Posted inBooks

‘The Hebrew Teacher’: Maya Arad cracks open lives of Israeli expats in first book in English

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten March 19, 2024May 2, 2024
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators block Sather Gate with a sign about Israel and the US committing genocide against Gaza during a “Liberate the Gate” protest against antisemitism at UC Berkeley on Monday, March 11, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLocal Voice

UC Berkeley administrators falsely take credit for work to combat antisemitism

Steven Davidoff Solomon by Steven Davidoff Solomon March 19, 2024March 19, 2024
Michael Levy, brother of Gaza hostage Or Levy, at the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation office on March 13, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Or Levy lived the ‘new Israeli dream’ until Oct. 7, brother says in San Francisco

Valerie Demicheva by Valerie Demicheva March 18, 2024March 20, 2024
Apricot hamantaschen from Noe Valley Bakery in San Francisco. (Photo/Courtesy Noe Valley Bakery)
Posted inJewish Life

UPDATED: Where to find Purim treats around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 18, 2024May 23, 2024
Jonathan Glazer, winner of the Best International Feature Film award for “The Zone of Interest”, onstage in the press room at the 96th Annual Academy Awards at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024 in Hollywood, California. (Photo/JTA-Jeff Kravitz-FilmMagic)
Posted inLocal Voice

I wasn’t surprised that Jonathan Glazer’s Oscars speech ignited hysteria

Deborah Kaufman (Photo/Courtesy) by Deborah Kaufman March 18, 2024March 18, 2024

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