California
Senate candidate Patrick Little hates the Jews. Here’s why that matters.
Patrick Little is more than an hour into an anti-Jewish tirade that doubles as the centerpiece of his campaign to unseat U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein when…
Sports
Giants win in Atlanta on Braves Kosher Day
The 18th and likely final Kosher Day sponsored by the Atlanta Kosher Commission at an Atlanta Braves game did not have a happy ending. At least, not for…
Bay Area
SJSU and Cal students answer ADL’s call for new online anti-hate campaign
The Anti-Defamation League has focused in recent years on combating online hate and bigotry beyond its historical mission of fighting anti-Semitism. Now…
Bay Area
Name of anti-Chinese SF Jew may be stripped from playground
Julius Kahn III grew up in San Francisco, playing in Julius Kahn Playground, named for his grandfather. The view from this clearing in the opulent…
Social Justice
‘Good Fight’ panelists stick to their own social-justice agendas
The panelists came to San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club on May 1 to celebrate a book that vividly details the shared struggles of minorities in the U.S.…
Religion
S.F. Chabad men proclaim: 'We need a mikvah!'
The rabbi and rebbetzin of San Francisco’s Chabad Richmond Torah Center sit together, facing the camera soberly. “We’ve celebrated many Shabbats, holidays…
Bay Area
‘Food diplomacy’: At this Muslim-Jewish gathering, everything is on the table.
Muslim American entrepreneur Mohammad Modarres has a nickname for the kind of interfaith encounter that took place at Berkeley’s Urban Adamah last night:…
Bay Area
Zoabi's Bay Area trip sparks Knesset hearing
Israel’s Knesset Ethics Committee plans to hold a hearing on controversial MK Haneen Zoabi, in response to statements she made during an April 17…
Social Justice
She's fighting for Israel’s migrants in the field and the classroom
UPDATE: The Israeli government said in court yesterday it has set aside plans to expel tens of thousands of African asylum seekers. Instead, migrants with…