NEW: 100 Berkeley middle schoolers left school to march for Palestine on Friday, the same day an antisemitic message was discovered scrawled on a whiteboard at the school. It said, (the name of the student redacted): '“A— hates Jews. We stand with A—.”

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Happy #NationalHummusDay See link below for one of my favorite toppings for #hummus — #shakshouka ! From my J. The Jewish News of Northern California #recipe column. Leave a reply below with YOUR favorite hummus topping! jweekly.com/2022/05/12/cel…

In this article from J. The Jewish News of Northern California, Andrew Esensten discusses Drake and Kendrick's rap battle with Jonathan Branfman, author of Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy. buff.ly/3UI8PzQ

Drake lost the Great Rap War of 2024 — and so did Jews | Analysis by Andrew Esensten jweekly.com/2024/05/09/dra…

NEW: Republicans grilled the Berkeley public schools superintendent today alongside leaders of NYC and MD schools. Enikia Ford Morthel said antisemitism was not 'pervasive' in the district but she is aware of 9 formal complaints. In J. The Jewish News of Northern California

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Journalist and Bay Area native Nathan Thrall won a Pulitzer Prize on Monday for his 2023 nonfiction book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy.” jweekly.com/2024/05/06/bay…

VIDEO and 🧵: A group carrying an Israeli flag was attacked at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley yesterday evening (Wednesday). I spoke to the woman who recorded this cell phone video showing the assault.

NEW: UC Berkeley is standing by its position to leave its anti-Israel encampment intact despite two recent attacks on Jews. Admins wish to avoid an ugly police raid like the one seen in 2011 during Occupy, and avoid scenes like at Columbia. J. The Jewish News of Northern California

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“How do you walk away from a Ph.D. at Stanford because of antisemitism?”

Emma Goss reports on the toxic climate at Stanford, where Jewish students feel alienated, and at least one considered dropping out. jweekly.com/2024/05/02/som…

“Torch Song,” Harvey Fierstein’s groundbreaking play about a Jewish drag queen looking for love, makes its Bay Area premiere next week at Marin Theatre Co.

I spoke with two of the actors about the show ➡️ J. The Jewish News of Northern California jweekly.com/2024/05/01/har…

“Torch Song,” Harvey Fierstein’s semi-autobiographical play about a Jewish drag queen, makes its Bay Area premiere next week at Marin Theatre Co. jweekly.com/2024/05/01/har…

Berkeley author Ayelet Waldman was arrested in Israel on Friday afternoon after she and a group of American and Israeli rabbis and peace activists attempted to cross into the Gaza Strip to deliver food aid. jweekly.com/2024/04/26/ber…

NEW: Cal Poly Humboldt (formerly Humboldt State) in Northern California has shut down its campus through the weekend, after pro-Palestinian demonstrators barricaded themselves inside a main campus hall and refuse to leave. In J. The Jewish News of Northern California
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San Francisco journalist Sasha Vasilyuk has based her debut novel on her Ukrainian Jewish grandfather’s secret story of survival during WWII.

Read about “Your Presence Is Mandatory,” out tomorrow ➡️ J. The Jewish News of Northern California jweekly.com/2024/04/11/san…

“The Awful Omen” is a “different kind of coming out story,” Oakland author A. J. Sass told @loeblea.

Sass’ short story about a nonbinary tween at their family’s Passover seder appears in the new anthology “On All Other Nights.” jweekly.com/2024/04/17/oak…