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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)
Posted inBay Area

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 […]

Enikia Ford Morthel in Congress
Posted inBay Area

House committee to probe Berkeley schools over antisemitism allegations

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 25, 2025November 25, 2025
Posted inBooks

From fantasy to chess to Berkeley’s revolution: 6 reads by local authors

by Sue Fishkoff July 25, 2025July 28, 2025
An anti-Israel activist holds a cardboard sign that reads “Zionists are Nazis” as the Berkeley City Council discusses a Gaza cease-fire resolution on April 28, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Amid vitriol, Berkeley finally passes tepid resolution on Gaza

by Sue Fishkoff April 29, 2025April 30, 2025
Berkeley hostage rally
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Berkeley rally for hostages focuses on Amazon employee held in Gaza

by J. Staff July 1, 2024August 20, 2024
Whiteboard in Berkeley middle school classroom
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Threatening incidents surround Berkeley middle-school walkout for Palestinians

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 13, 2024November 25, 2025
close up of a Berkeley sweatshirt with a yellow ribbon pin and a "Bring Them Home" dog tag worn over it
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In Berkeley and beyond, we can’t let antisemitism define our Jewishness

Rabbi Joshua Ladon by Rabbi Joshua Ladon April 2, 2024
Women confront one another at a meeting
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‘We’re wiped out’: Hostility has overwhelmed Berkeley council meetings since Oct. 7

Aaron Levy-WolinsMaya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Aaron Levy-Wolins and Maya Mirsky March 27, 2024March 29, 2024
Group of protesters
Posted inObituaries

Ben Stern, Berkeley survivor who kept fighting for justice, dies at 102

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 3, 2024
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Federal complaint describes ‘severe, persistent’ antisemitism in Berkeley schools

by Ryan Torok February 29, 2024February 29, 2024

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