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La America, a Ladino paper from the U.S., published 1911. (Courtesy NIL)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford Ladino scholar keeps grip on fading Ottoman Jewish world

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky April 24, 2026April 24, 2026

Ladino is a historical language of the Sephardic Jews, an amalgam of 15th-century Spanish and other Romance languages. Traditionally written in Hebrew characters, it is also influenced by Hebrew in […]

"Nick Fuentes was right about Israel," a reference to the far right pundit, was found written in chalk in the middle of Jane Stanford way by a group of students on Nov. 14, 2025. (Courtesy Teddy Ganea/The Stanford Review)
Posted inLocal Voice

Stanford emails show the right has a campus antisemitism problem too

Olivia Raykhman (Courtesy)Dylan Rem (Courtesy) by Olivia Raykhman and Dylan Rem March 6, 2026March 7, 2026
Deputy District Attorney Rob Baker presents his closing argument to the jury, with the defendants and their attornies behind him, as seen in this courtroom sketch at the Hall of Justice in San Jose, on Jan. 29. (Jane Sinense)
Posted inBay Area

Verdict anticipated soon in Stanford pro-Palestinian protester case

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi February 2, 2026February 5, 2026
Effigy of then-interim Stanford University president Richard Saller on June 5, 2024, when protesters took over the university president's office. (Andrew Esensten/File Photo)
Posted inBay Area

Jury trial of ‘Stanford 11’ opens Jan. 9 as attorneys spar over language

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi January 7, 2026January 7, 2026
This is the titular home of Amos Gitai's seminal 1980 documentary "House." (Screenshot)
Posted inFilm

Amos Gitai’s haunting Israel documentaries return to Stanford

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 6, 2026January 6, 2026
graffiti
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Wave of violent anti-Israel graffiti hits Albany

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 3, 2025December 3, 2025
Pro-Israel demonstrators march across Stanford University in Palo Alto on May 12, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Stanford’s Israel studies program becomes permanent after three-year pilot

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi November 21, 2025January 6, 2026
Protesters allegedly threw fake blood around the Stanford president's office, including on documents, according to the Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office. (Screenshot via YouTube/Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office)
Posted inBay Area

11 indicted on felonies in 2024 Stanford office takeover for Gaza

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 3, 2025October 6, 2025
students walk on Stanford campus
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Former Stanford Ph.D. student says school doesn’t believe she faced antisemitism

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss July 29, 2025July 29, 2025
The gathering included a tour of the Stanford Central Energy Facility. (Rod Searcey/Stanford)
Posted inIdeas

At Stanford, experts talk ‘climate resilience’ from Tel Aviv to L.A.

by Sue Fishkoff June 3, 2025June 5, 2025

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