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A conspiracy theorist who claimed that "Israel murdered their own people on Oct. 7" at the Nov. 27 meeting of the Oakland City Council, as seen in a video of extreme comments from the meeting that went viral. (Screenshot/X-@SFJCRC)
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Video of ‘disturbing comments’ at Oakland City Council meeting on Gaza goes viral

by J. Staff November 30, 2023December 6, 2023
Arreguin speaking at a podium
Posted inUncategorized

Berkeley mayor rejects calls for pro-Palestinian resolution, for now

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 29, 2023November 29, 2023
Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area CEO Tye Gregory (far left) sits in the Oakland City Council chambers near supporters of a resolution calling for a cease-fire in Gaza, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Oakland City Council OKs cease-fire measure after hours of vitriol

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
A Jewish student holds up an Israeli flag in front of a student holding up a Palestinian flag on the edge of a pro-Israel rally at UC Berkeley, Oct. 10, 2023. (Photo/Ben Weiss-Ishai)
Posted inBay Area

UC Berkeley hit with lawsuit alleging it has not done enough to protect Jewish students

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 28, 2023November 28, 2023
a man handles a pizza with steam visibly rising from it
Posted inOrganic Epicure

Award-winning pizza maker at Oakland’s Acre Kitchen hasn’t strayed far from his roots

Alix Wall by Alix Wall November 27, 2023April 21, 2025
A classroom at Gideon Hausner Jewish Day School in Palo Alto in 2020. (Photo/Gabriel Sanchez)
Posted inLocal Voice

How should Jewish educators handle the Israel-Hamas war in their classrooms?

by Hanan Alexander and Benji Davis November 27, 2023
A Berkeley city council meeting to discuss zoning issues was thwarted by protesters. (Photo/Flickr-Berkeley Lab)
Posted inNews

Protesters disrupt another Berkeley council meeting over Israel and Gaza

by J. Staff November 24, 2023November 23, 2023
San Francisco artist Tiffany Shlain with her exhibit "Dendrofemonology: A Feminist History Tree Ring," which was on display in Washington on the National Mall in November 2023. (Courtesy)
Posted inOur Crowd

Honors, philanthropy, comings and goings — Nov. 2023

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(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb November 21, 2023November 27, 2023
Oakland elementary school teacher Naomi Bernstein at a press conference at Montclair Elementary School, where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders spoke out against a statement on Gaza by the Oakland teachers union, Nov. 10, 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)
Posted inLetters

Half-baked politics at Arizmendi; Think locally, act locally; Blame Hamas; etc.

by J. Readers November 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

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