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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, leads a news conference with Republican committee chairs to decry pro-Palestinian protests at universities across the country at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center, April 30, 2024. (Photo/JTA-Chip Somodevilla-Getty Images)
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Citing antisemitism, House Republicans take aim at universities’ funding, tax exemptions and visas

by Ron Kampeas May 1, 2024
Banners in Jerusalem in English and Hebrew
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In Hersh Goldberg-Polin’s Jerusalem neighborhood, video proof of life sparks ‘relief, fear, urgency’

Michele Chabin (Photo/Courtesy) by Michele Chabin May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Like elite college athletes, Jewish students need a ‘transfer portal’

Dan Cohen (Photo/Courtesy) by Dan Cohen April 30, 2024April 30, 2024
The late Pola Silver was always in the kitchen — often whipping up her famous borscht. (Photo of Pola/Courtesy; Photo of borscht/Faith Kramer)
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This Yom HaShoah, I’m remembering a Holocaust survivor through her beloved borscht recipe

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer April 30, 2024May 23, 2024
Israeli police arrest writer Ayelet Waldman at the Erez Crossing, April 26, 2024. (Photo/Emily Glick)
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Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman arrested during protest near Gaza border

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 26, 2024April 26, 2024
One tent among many that have been set up as part of a pro-Palestine protest encampment in UC Berkeley's Sproul Plaza, April 24, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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UC Berkeley’s pro-Palestinian tent camp joins others across nation

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Paul Canin, a retired architect and World War II veteran, at his floating home in the Berkeley Marina, May 11, 2023. This article was produced in partnership with Berkeleyside, which provided the photos. (Photo/Ximena Natera-Berkeleyside-CatchLight)
Posted inObituaries

With a brush made of his own hair, he painted to survive in a Nazi POW camp

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten April 24, 2024May 14, 2024
A protester holds a poster with a photo of 23-year-old  Hersh Goldberg-Polin as people gather with signs calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas since Oct. 7, during a rally in Tel Aviv, Oct. 28, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jack Guez-AFP via Getty Images)
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Berkeley-born hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

by JTA April 24, 2024
Yossi Klein Halevi speaking April 15 at an event organized by UC Berkeley Law School’s Helen Diller Institute for Law and Jewish studies. (Photo/Jim Block)
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‘Internal unraveling’: Yossi Klein Halevi on Israel, Iran and American Jewry

Chanan Tigay by Chanan Tigay April 22, 2024April 29, 2024
A packed house sat to watch Marc Lamont Hill (left) debate Mosab Hassan Yousef (right) at Evans Hall at UC Berkeley on Thursday, April 18, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
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‘Son of Hamas’ and Al Jazeera host find little common ground at UC Berkeley

by Sue Fishkoff April 19, 2024April 19, 2024

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