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Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
Posted inCalifornia

ADL event about California hate bill affirms Hindu-Jewish solidarity on swastikas

by Dan Pine August 12, 2022August 12, 2022
The defaced plaque at Hirschman's Pond in Nevada County. (Screenshot/CBS Sacramento)
Posted inNorthern California

Plaque honoring Jewish contribution to Gold Rush vandalized

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 29, 2022August 1, 2022
Claude and Beverly Cassirer pose in front of a replica of the painting the Nazis seized from his grandmother. Claude died in 2010. (Photo/JTA-Allen J. Schaben-Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

California AG: Nazi-looted art should be returned to survivor’s descendants

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 8, 2022July 8, 2022
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel speaking in support of a resolution to recognize the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in California on the floor of the Assembly, April 7, 2022.
(Photo/Courtesy Gabriel's office)
Posted inTech

First-of-its-kind California law would compel social media companies to disclose hate speech policies

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene July 1, 2022July 1, 2022
Graffiti on the wall of Manny's, a Jewish-owned business in San Francisco's Mission District, June 6, 2021. (Photo/Steven Buss)
Posted inNews

State report: Antisemitic hate crimes in California at highest level in a decade

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
“You can hear a pin drop when I tell my story,” says Sy Karfiol.
Posted inHonoring the Survivors

‘My childhood ended’: Sacramento Holocaust survivor Sy Karfiol recounts harrowing tale for spellbound audiences

by Dan Pine June 30, 2022June 30, 2022
"I WILL AID AND ABET ABORTION," reads a defiant sign in front of the Supreme Court the morning that the decision to overturn Roe was released, June 24, 2022. (Photo/Flickr-Victoria Pickering CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

‘Another dark day’: Bay Area Jewish leaders share outrage at abortion ruling

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 24, 2022June 25, 2022
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inNews

$36 million on the table for Holocaust survivors in California

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
Especially during Diwali, Hindus may decorate their homes or outside areas with swastikas to symbolize auspiciousness; some, like this one, are made on the ground out of rice flour.
(Photo/Courtesy Hindu American Foundation)
Posted inNews

New state hate crime bill differentiates Hindu swastika from Nazi emblem

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 27, 2022November 12, 2023
Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inCalifornia

JPAC, Jewish caucus tout big wins in Newsom’s proposed budget

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 25, 2022May 26, 2022

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