Did Oakland’s pro soccer team drop Puma because of BDS? By Gabe Stutman Nov 10, 2022 The Oakland Roots, a professional soccer team competing in the United Soccer League, found itself in a public relations quandary last week after BDS activists took credit for the team’s switch from Puma as its apparel sponsor. The German company is the official outfitter of Israel’s soccer association. On Nov. 3, the club announced in… Read More
Letters Affordable Jewish senior options, please; etc. Affordable senior options, please I have received the J. for over 30 years. As my parent ages, it really upsets me to see all these articles on senior… By J. Readers Nov 9, 2022
Music Protesters make noise before Israel Philharmonic’s S.F. concert A group of protesters chanted anti-Israel slogans outside Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco on Sunday evening before a performance by the Israel… By Andrew Esensten, Lillian Ilsley-Greene Nov 7, 2022
Bay Area Oakland mayoral candidates tiptoe around Israel at wide-ranging forum Should a candidate for mayor of a medium-size American city be expected to take a position on Israel? That question was tested during a Jewish community… By Gabe Stutman Sep 16, 2022
Tech Tech workers and activists protest Google and Amazon deals with Israel Dozens of employees marched to Google’s San Francisco offices, then five blocks to Amazon’s offices, to protest contracts the two tech companies have… By Emma Goss Sep 9, 2022
Local Voice BDS measure at Berkeley Law hurts students, not Israel The Jewish Student Association at Berkeley Law has long stayed away from the campus debate over BDS — the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction… By Adam Pukier Sep 6, 2022
Tech Jewish Google employee who protested Israeli contract resigns A Jewish Google employee who led activism against a major contract with Israel’s government resigned, citing what she said was retaliation. “Due to… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 31, 2022
Letters Student antisemitism at Berkeley Law; A swastika is a swastika; etc. Berkeley Law dean shouldn’t be surprised After reading that Erwin Chemerinsky has spent 15 years as law school dean — first at UC Irvine, then at UC… By J. Readers Aug 31, 2022
Local Voice Dean of Berkeley Law: Don’t generalize about BDS on campus No one should be surprised that there are deeply held feelings about the Middle East on college campuses. What is most important is that universities be a… By Erwin Chemerinsky Aug 29, 2022