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Berkeley High School students hold a pro-Palestinian "teach-out" at Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Center Park after walking out of class on Jan. 27. (Niva Ashkenazi/J. Staff)
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Berkeley High students stage pro-Palestinian walkout on Holocaust Remembrance Day

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 27, 2026January 27, 2026

About 50 Berkeley High School students walked out of their classes to participate in a pro-Palestinian “teach-out” at a park near campus Tuesday morning. The walkout, which fell on International […]

The level of antisemitism in the district is “quite rampant,” parent Mara Kolesas told the Berkeley Unified School District board on Nov. 1, 2023. (Screenshot)
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Berkeley parents’ petition asks school board to protect Jewish students

Natalie Weinstein in downtown San Francisco, Feb. 24, 2026. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Natalie Weinstein November 2, 2023November 3, 2023
“It’s hard to be standing against so many people,” said BHS student Lev Teiblum (center), seen here with his father (right) Mati Teiblum and BHS parent Paul Sas (left). (Photo/Gabe Stutman)
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At Berkeley High walkout, lone pro-Israel protester makes dad ‘proud’

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 18, 2023May 9, 2024
Yair Naftalin-Kelman spoke at the Berkeley School Board meeting in February to urge them to listen to Jewish families.
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Berkeley High graduation on Shabbat despite years of pleas

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene February 27, 2023March 8, 2023

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