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Mini-burgers from Israeli chain Burgerim (Photo/file)
Posted inSmall Bites

The demise of Burgerim’s bold Bay Area plans; Village Hummus under new management; etc.

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 22, 2021April 1, 2021
"Jew street," as it is known locally, was once a hub for Judeo-Malayalam, the now endangered language spoken by the Jews of India's Cochin region. (Photo/JTA-Christabel Lobo)
Posted inHistory

The fight to save endangered Jewish languages, from Ladino to Judeo-Malayalam

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 22, 2021March 29, 2021
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inPhilanthropy

Jewish program at UC Berkeley gets $10m from Diller Foundation

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky February 9, 2021February 16, 2021
A group of early Bayit residents at a wedding in 1985.
Posted inNews

Jewish student co-op in Berkeley celebrates the big 4-0

Alix Wall by Alix Wall February 2, 2021February 2, 2021
Pro-affirmative action protesters carry signs about Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, a Supreme Court case regarding affirmative action at UC Davis, as they march before the federal court house in Foley Square in New York City on June 30, 1978. (Photo/AP)
Posted inNews

Jewish orgs back Prop. 16 despite complicated history with affirmative action

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman October 26, 2020October 30, 2020
Arthur Blaustein is the author of "Democracy Is Not a Spectator Sport."
Posted inTalking With ...

Q&A: He’s served presidents, and now he’s serving democracy

by Liz Harris October 20, 2020March 12, 2021
UC Berkeley Chabad co-directors Bracha Leeds (left) and Rabbi Gil Leeds (right) hand out Shabbat supplies to students. (Photo/Courtesy UC Berkeley Chabad)
Posted inNews

How Jewish college orgs are keeping students connected during a pandemic

by Dan Pine September 24, 2020September 25, 2020
UC Berkeley (Photo/file)
Posted inEducation

New grant boosts UC Berkeley antisemitism education program

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky September 17, 2020
(From left) Colleen Haas, Elise Haas and Bob Haas on the UC Berkeley campus. (Photo/Keegan Houser)
Posted inEducation

Haas family gifts UC Berkeley $24 million

by Dan Pine September 8, 2020September 14, 2020
Colorado Rep. Doug Lamborn speaks at the Air Force Academy in 2009. (Photo/U.S. Air Force-J. Rachel Spencer)
Posted inBay Area

Congressman takes up students’ claims of anti-Israel bias at UC Berkeley

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 18, 2020August 18, 2020

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