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Oakland Unified School District teacher Joshua Diamant at a press conference where parents, teachers and Jewish leaders expressed their distress at a statement by the teachers' union they deemed antisemitic, Nov. 2023. (Photo/Dan Ancona)
Posted inBay Area

Oakland parents (and some teachers) organize against pro-Palestinian activism in schools

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 15, 2023
Palestinians seen at the Al Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 10, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Israeli army surrounds main Gaza hospital it claims is a Hamas HQ as Biden calls for ‘less intrusive action’

by Ron Kampeas November 13, 2023
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)
Posted inBay Area

‘The public square is toxic’: As conflict grows, more Bay Area Jews feel unsafe

by Sue Fishkoff November 10, 2023November 12, 2023
UC Santa Cruz has been singled out by some critics as a campus especially hostile to Zionism. (Photo/ucsc.edu)
Posted inNorthern California

Protest at UC Santa Cruz calls for ‘destruction of Israel,’ blocks entrance to campus for hours

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 10, 2023November 11, 2023
Elena Colomba draws a Star of David at a Thousand Oaks street corner where a Jewish pro-Israel protester, Paul Kessler, was killed during an altercation, Nov. 7, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Jacob Gurvis)
Posted inOpinion

A 69-year-old Jew died after a confrontation at a protest. His death offers important warnings

Rob Eshman by Rob Eshman November 10, 2023November 12, 2023
Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing in the Capitol, July 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

‘From the river to the sea’: The slogan that got Rashida Tlaib censured, explained

Ben Sales by Ben Sales November 9, 2023November 9, 2023
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (center) speaks alongside former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley (left) and Vivek Ramaswamy during the NBC News Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, Nov. 8, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Joe Raedle-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

‘Finish them’: GOP presidential candidates unite over what they’d advise Netanyahu about Hamas

by Ron Kampeas November 9, 2023
A Jewbelong billboard reading "Can a billboard end antisemitism? No. But you're not a billboard" at Broadway and 42nd Street in Oakland was graffitied with "Free Palestine." (Photo/IndyBay.org)
Posted inBay Area

JewBelong antisemitism billboards defaced in East Bay again

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman November 8, 2023November 8, 2023
Protesters from the Arab Resource and Organizing Center, Jewish Voice for Peace and others attempt to block a ship from departing the Port of Oakland, one they believed was headed for Washington state to pick up military materiel for Israel. (Photo/Courtesy AROC)
Posted inNews

‘No U.S. military aid to Israel,’ say protesters as they block ship at Port of Oakland

by Emma Goss November 3, 2023November 6, 2023
Katie Porter speaking to the Pass Democratic Club in Riverside County, Oct. 29, 2023. (Photo/Instagram-@katieporteroc)
Posted inNews

Katie Porter tells Alameda County Dems Israel has right to self-defense

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

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