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Pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel protesters in the Bay Area at times use violent rhetoric. “Intifada” and an upside-down red triangle representing Hamas were spray-painted on a mailbox at UC Berkeley in May 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
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D.C. killing of Israeli embassy staffers refocuses attention on Bay Area extremism

Gabe StutmanNiva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Gabe Stutman and Niva Ashkenazi May 22, 2025May 27, 2025

Fear, anger and resolve poured out of Bay Area Jewish leaders after an attacker shot and killed a young couple attending a Jewish event Wednesday night in Washington, D.C.  Police […]

Shlomo Noginsky, a rabbi who was stabbed in Boston, speaks to a rally against antisemitism at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., July 11, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inNews

On Capitol Hill, rally-goers agree that antisemitism is un-American. But when Israel is involved, it gets complicated.

by Ron Kampeas and JTA July 12, 2021
A roadblock at Pennsylvania Avenue and 19th Street on the day of Joe Biden's presidential inauguration in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Ron Kampeas)
Posted inAnalysis

Joe Biden’s inauguration was replete with anxiety, and a lot of it was Jewish

by Ron Kampeas and JTA January 21, 2021
(From left)) Rabbi Levi Shemtov, National Economic Director Gary Cohn and Rabbi Abraham Shemtov light the "National Menorah" on the Ellipse near the White House, on Dec. 12, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Al Drago-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

Jared and Ivanka’s rabbi, Chabad’s top man in DC, is optimistic about the coming transition

by Ron Kampeas and JTA December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

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