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Anti-Israel protesters assemble outside of Adas Torah, a synagogue in the Pico Robertson neighborhood of Los angeels, July 23, 2024. Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

‘Buffer zones’ come to California, as Bay Area lawmaker proposes limiting protests near houses of worship

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 20, 2026March 20, 2026

(JTA) — A California lawmaker is introducing a bill that would create a buffer zone around houses of worship, the latest effort by lawmakers to respond to protests against Israel […]

Gov. Gavin Newsom announcing the formation of the Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education at the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, Oct. 2021. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Newsom's office)
Posted inNews

Newsom’s state council on genocide education, established last year, takes shape

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky November 2, 2022November 2, 2022
"I WILL AID AND ABET ABORTION," reads a defiant sign in front of the Supreme Court the morning that the decision to overturn Roe was released, June 24, 2022. (Photo/Flickr-Victoria Pickering CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Posted inBay Area

‘Another dark day’: Bay Area Jewish leaders share outrage at abortion ruling

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 24, 2022June 25, 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)
Posted inNews

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
People protest in reaction to the leak of the Supreme Court draft abortion ruling, in New York City, May 3, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Bryan R. Smith-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inCalifornia

2 Jewish legislators take lead on abortion rights in California

Jew,  Jewish,  J. The Jewish News of Northern California
Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss May 5, 2022May 10, 2022
Supporters of abortion rights rally outside the Supreme Court while the Dobbs case is being heard.
(Photo/Courtesy Religious Action Center)
Posted inNorthern California

Bay Area Jewish politicians outraged after Supreme Court’s abortion reversal leak

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky May 4, 2022May 4, 2022
One of the Nazi stickers placed in public in Fairfax in Nov. 2020 (Screenshot/Instagram @noahthamack)
Posted inCalifornia

New Assembly bill would expand hate crimes law, equalize penalties 

by Sam Ribakoff March 22, 2022May 25, 2022
Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel speaks before other California lawmakers about bills that address hate crimes, Feb. 22, 2021. (Photo/Courtesy Jenny Berg)
Posted inNews

California’s Jewish lawmakers join show of support for hate crime bills

by Gabriel Greschler February 22, 2021February 22, 2021
Protesters advocating the overturn of the 2020 presidential election results gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Jewish elected officials react to pro-Trump mobs in D.C. and Sacramento

Gabe Stutman by Gabriel Greschler, Gabe Stutman and JTA January 6, 2021January 6, 2021
Assembly member Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (left), Assembly member Jesse Gabriel (front, second from left), Gov. Gavin Newsom (center, seated) and others at signing for AB 1548 nonprofit security grant bill in Sacramento on Oct. 11, 2019. (Photo/Courtesy Assembly member Gabriel's Office)
Posted inCalifornia

State bill would provide training to better identify hate crimes

Elissa Einhorn by Elissa Einhorn June 2, 2020June 2, 2020

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