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Oakland Unified School District

A Dec. 12 OUSD report responded to 16 incidents, including the raising of a Palestinian flag  under a Pride Progress flag at United for Success Academy middle school on Oct. 3, 2025. (Courtesy Oakland Jewish Alliance)
Posted inBay Area

OUSD acknowledges it created a ‘discriminatory environment’ for Jews

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 26, 2025January 13, 2026

The Oakland Unified School District has for the first time acknowledged that multiple instances of one-sided instruction on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and “numerous” displays of pro-Palestinian content in its schools […]

A version of this poster hung outside the classroom of a Montera Middle School teacher.
Posted inBay Area

State findings of antisemitic discrimination mount against Oakland school district

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 11, 2025December 18, 2025
A Palestinian flag was held aloft during a San Francisco rally on Oct. 28, 2023, that called for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

State finds additional discrimination against Jews in Oakland schools

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 5, 2025November 6, 2025
map of Middle East
Posted inBay Area

Maps in Oakland schools that axed Israel were discriminatory, state finds

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 21, 2025October 28, 2025
A Palestinian flag was held aloft during a San Francisco rally on Oct. 28, 2023, that called for a cease-fire in Gaza. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inEducation

Oakland schools: Palestinian flag that flew for weeks didn’t violate policies

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman May 30, 2025May 31, 2025
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
protesters walk down a street holding a large banner that reads "ceasefire now!" many are carrying palestinian flags.
Posted inEducation

Parents, teachers condemn Oakland teachers’ union statement on Gaza

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 1, 2023May 21, 2025
Oakland school board member Nick Resnick with his sons Jude (left) and Dylan. (Photo/Courtesy Resnick for Oakland School Board)
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This Oakland Jewish dad is the first transgender person to serve on a California school board

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene December 16, 2022December 20, 2022
Abraham Falk-Rood in his classroom at Rudsdale Newcomer High School in Oakland.
Posted inEducation

Q&A: He teaches immigrant teens who live on their own

by Liz Harris October 26, 2021October 26, 2021
Satya Zamudio, 15, is urging Oakland's school board to eliminate its police force. (Photo/Rucha Chitnis)
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Jewish youth urge Oakland school district to eliminate school police

by Gabriel Greschler June 24, 2020June 25, 2020

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