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UCSF

Clockwise from top left: Jessica B. Peixotto in 1923 (J. Archives); Gluten-Free Upside-Down Caramel Apple Cake (Micah Siva); a photo posted to social media of eight teens lying in the shape of a swastika on a football field; Rabbi Shua Brick in the sanctuary at Oakland's Beth Jacob Congregation. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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Our top 10 Bay Area Jewish news stories of 2025

David A.M. Wilensky
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J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 29, 2025December 29, 2025

As 2025 blessedly comes to a close, it’s time once again to count down our top 10 most-read articles of the year. I’ve come to enjoy this annual exercise as […]

UCSF shuttle bus passes ER
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House committee investigates UCSF medical school over antisemitism

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Emma Goss.(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Emma Goss August 26, 2025August 28, 2025
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli medical student targeted by UCSF professor may not exist

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman June 6, 2025June 10, 2025
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

UCSF professor who maligned Israeli student says she may be fired

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 24, 2025April 25, 2025
Jewish people at a shooting range training in February of 2024. (Andrew Esensten/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Guns, no thanks; dress code, yes please; Etc.

by J. Readers September 5, 2024September 5, 2024
Signs at a short-lived UCSF pro-Palestinian encampment that was dismantled in May of 2024. (Instagram @ucsf4palestine)
Posted inBay Area

Special report: Pro-Palestinian activism puts Jewish UCSF patients and doctors on edge

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman August 7, 2024August 9, 2024
Students say the Shabbat blessings at SF Hillel's "Shabbat Sha-Blessings" pop-up event at USF in fall of 2022. (Photo/Courtesy S.F. Hillel)
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Some Jewish college students face a more basic problem than antisemitism: hunger

Roger Feigelson by Roger Feigelson August 2, 2023August 2, 2023
“When there’s a pandemic next time, the misinformation will start on Day One,” says Dr. Bob Wachter of UCSF. (Photo/Courtesy UCSF)
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In our annual Covid checkup with Dr. Bob Wachter, it’s time to start playing the long game

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 7, 2023March 7, 2023
Vouchers for Veggies — a program of EatSF, which was founded by Dr. Hilary Seligman — can be exchanged at grocery stores or farmer's markets for fresh fruit and vegetables.
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Q&A: Dr. Hilary Seligman fights food insecurity in S.F. with fresh fruits and veggies

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene January 25, 2023February 8, 2023
Allison Tatarsky is the director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative at the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences.
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Q&A: She’s looking to wipe out malaria, the world’s deadliest disease

by Liz Harris November 28, 2022November 28, 2022

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