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Scott Wiener

State Sen. Scott Wiener waves to the crowd during the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 29, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

After ‘genocide’ statement, will Wiener’s LGBTQ Jewish base still support him?

by Emma Goss January 29, 2026January 29, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener has been co-chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus since 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inPolitics

Scott Wiener to step down as Jewish caucus co-chair after ‘genocide’ fallout

by Emma Goss January 22, 2026January 22, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks at a press conference on antisemitism held on the steps of San Francisco City Hall on June 20, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener, in J. interview, elaborates on why he now calls Israel’s war a ‘genocide’

by Emma Goss January 13, 2026January 13, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener waits to speak at a rally during a Jewish Unity March against antisemitism in San Francisco on March 3, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener explains his ‘painful’ decision to call Israel’s war a genocide

by Emma Goss January 12, 2026January 21, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener waves to the crowd while holding a sign that reads “ICE out of SF,” referring to Immigration and Customs Enforcement, during the San Francisco LGBTQ Pride Parade on June 29, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Wiener running for Congress to fight Trump’s ‘aspiring authoritarian regime’

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi October 23, 2025October 24, 2025
Yom HaShoah
Posted inNews

Photos of Holocaust victims adorn California Legislature as it commemorates Yom HaShoah

by Hannah Ross May 4, 2024May 15, 2024
John Avalos during his tenure on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. (Photo/Wikimedia CC0)
Posted inNews

S.F. Dem leader John Avalos apologizes after defending harassment of Wiener

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman February 16, 2024February 22, 2024
Scott Wiener speaks as Jesse Gabriel listens
Posted inNews

California Jewish legislators demand that UC and CSU systems protect Jewish students

by Ryan Torok November 10, 2023November 10, 2023
(From left) San Francisco Mayor London Breed, Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s granddaughter Eileen Mariano hold their hands on their hearts as an honor guard presents flags during Feinstein’s memorial service at San Francisco City Hall, Oct. 5, 2023. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Sen. Dianne Feinstein praised as ‘woman of valor’ as Fleet Week jets scream overhead 

by Emma Goss October 5, 2023October 5, 2023
Oren Segal, vice president of the ADL Center on Extremism, speaks at a press conference outside the Capitol in Sacramento about a new ADL report on hate in California, May 9, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy ADL)
Posted inCalifornia

ADL report: Extremism rising alongside antisemitism in California

by Ryan Torok May 10, 2023

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