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San Jose's Santana Row is an upscale shopping and residential area where two Israeli Americans were attacked on March 8. (La Citta Vita via Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0)
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Israeli Santana Row assault victim faces trial on hate crime allegation in separate case

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 11, 2026May 12, 2026

When Lior Zeevi, an Israeli American business owner in San Jose, showed up in court on March 9, his face was bruised and swollen from the beating he suffered the […]

A witness captured the March 8 incident in San Jose on video. (Courtesy of Keanu Kahrobaie)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli Americans assaulted in San Jose while speaking Hebrew

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss March 10, 2026March 10, 2026
Berkeley Hillel
Posted inBay Area

Man charged with hate crimes for allegedly torching a Berkeley Hillel mezuzah

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 20, 2026February 20, 2026
Graffiti reads 'Death to the IDF'
Posted inU.S.

Hate crime inquiry open after ‘Death to the IDF’ graffiti and arson outside St. Louis soldier’s family home

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
A photo of the suspect in the immediate aftermath of an alleged assault on an Israeli Lyft rider at San Francisco International Airport on Oct. 26, 2023.
Posted inBay Area

Former Lyft driver charged with hate crime assault of Israeli Jew at SFO

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 13, 2024March 13, 2024
The word Hamas encircled by a heart
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Pro-Hamas graffiti scrawled along Oakland’s Lake Merritt over weekend

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 20, 2024February 21, 2024
Passersby stop to read Smitten Ice Cream owner Robyn Sue Fisher's message "To My San Francisco Community," posted on the boarded up windows of the local chain's Mission District location, Sunday evening, Nov. 5, 2023. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
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‘In the spirit of ice cream, I choose love’: Jewish shop owner speaks out after vandalism in S.F.

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 31, 2023November 6, 2023
Defaced billboard
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‘Disgusting calls to violence’ against Israel surface in Bay Area graffiti

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Gabe Stutman and Emma Goss October 16, 2023October 23, 2023
Stanford University (Photo/File)
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Mezuzah ripped from Stanford residence on Rosh Hashanah, prompting hate crime inquiry

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 3, 2022October 3, 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)
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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

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