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swastika

“There is a moment of darkness here,” U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo (D-San Jose) says during a JCRC event on Dec. 20, the seventh night of Hanukkah, at Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Elected officials join event condemning ‘human swastika’ at San Jose high school

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi December 22, 2025December 22, 2025

Silicon Valley elected officials, including U.S. Rep. Sam Liccardo, joined interfaith leaders on Saturday night to speak out against the “human swastika” at San Jose’s Branham High School that shocked […]

Admiral Kevin Lunday
Posted inU.S.

Jewish groups condemn Coast Guard for secret swastika policy change

by Andrew Lapin December 19, 2025December 19, 2025
Branham High School senior Cormac Nolan addresses the Campbell Union High School District board on Dec. 11. (Screenshot)
Posted inBay Area

At first school meeting since swastika post, speakers share concerns, solidarity

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 12, 2025December 12, 2025
teenagers in school hallway
Posted inBay Area

What motivated the teenagers who made the ‘human swastika’ in San Jose? 

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky December 11, 2025December 11, 2025
Branham High School in San Jose. (Wikimedia)
Posted inBay Area

Students who formed ‘human swastika’ at school to face ‘full scope’ of law

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 10, 2025December 10, 2025
This image of eight teenagers laying in the shape of a swastika on a football field has been circulating online, along with a quote from Hitler about annihilating the Jews.
Posted inBay Area

‘Human swastika’ at San Jose high school prompts investigation

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb December 5, 2025March 6, 2026
a mountain rising over a lake
Posted inU.S.

It’s not just Swastika Lake — the U.S. is full of sites named for swastikas

by Gall Sigler June 29, 2023June 29, 2023
The graffiti included a  swastika and other symbols. At the request of the congregation, J. has agreed to blur some of it. (Photo/Courtesy)
Posted inNews

Swastika spray-painted on Peninsula Sinai Congregation in Foster City

by Dan Pine June 21, 2023June 23, 2023
Wade Thomas Elementary School in San Anselmo. (Photo/Lea Loeb)
Posted inNews

Swastika found outside elementary school in Marin town of San Anselmo

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene June 2, 2023June 5, 2023
Trenches in the shape of a large swastika and the letters "F JEW" were found dug into a golf course near Sacramento. (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inNorthern California

Sacramento police tight-lipped after swastika-shaped trench dug at golf course

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 30, 2022October 3, 2022

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