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Whiteboard in Berkeley middle school classroom
Posted inNews

Threatening incidents surround Berkeley middle-school walkout for Palestinians

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 13, 2024November 25, 2025
The René C. Davidson Courthouse of the Alameda County Superior Court in Oakland. (Photo/Gabriel Classon-Flickr CC BY 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

Jews were excluded from Alameda County’s death penalty juries for decades, new evidence reveals

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg May 13, 2024June 23, 2024
A man in a T-shirt with a swastika and the phrase "white power" on it speaks during the Feb. 20, 2024 Walnut Creek City Council Meeting. (Screenshot/City of Walnut Creek via YouTube)
Posted inLocal Voice

I won’t stand by while white supremacists hijack my city council’s meetings

Jennie Chabon by Rabbi Cantor Jennie Chabon May 9, 2024
Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
Posted inNews

Berkeley schools superintendent grilled in congressional hearing on antisemitism

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 8, 2024May 8, 2024
UC Berkeley law professor Catherine Fisk attempts to get law student Malak Afaneh to leave the home Fisk shares with her husband, Berkeley law dean Erwin Chemerinsky, on April 9, 2024. (Screenshot via Instagram)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley opens probe into law professor over confrontation with anti-Israel student

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb May 7, 2024May 8, 2024
Nathan Thrall (right) discusses his book, "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama," with moderator Mark Danner at the JCCSF on Oct. 30, 2023. (Photo/Screenshot)
Posted inBooks

Bay Area native Nathan Thrall wins Pulitzer; S.F. reporter Peter Waldman named finalist

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten May 6, 2024June 24, 2024
Bella Barany, 87, a Berkeley resident who told J. she is making aliyah soon to join her daughter in Israel, flashes a smile as she holds an Israeli flag on a pedestrian overpass in Berkeley in support of the hostages in Gaza, May 5, 2024. (Photo/Ido Bartana)
Posted inBay Area

New East Bay overpass vigil — this one in Berkeley — calls attention to hostages

by Sue Fishkoff May 6, 2024May 7, 2024
Signs protesting the Gaza war, including some that accuse Israel of apartheid, are laid out on the sidewalk in front of San Francisco City Hall on Dec. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inFrom the Archives

In the ‘80s, Jews protested and camped out against apartheid — and it worked

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 6, 2024May 6, 2024
A student stands guard as tents are set up at a pro-Palestinian protest camp in Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, April 24, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Despite two physical attacks on Jews, UC Berkeley doesn’t plan to dismantle tent city

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 3, 2024May 5, 2024
A pro-Palestinian tent encampment sits in the middle of White Plaza at Stanford University in Palo Alto, April 30, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inAnalysis

What’s happening at Gaza tent protests spreading on Northern California campuses?

Gabe StutmanMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Gabe Stutman and Maya Mirsky May 1, 2024May 2, 2024

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