California
UC Merced prof who posted antisemitic tweets is off teaching roster
Abbas Ghassemi, a professor at UC Merced who was the owner of a Twitter account with a pattern of antisemitic posts, will not be teaching during the…
Music
Phil Spector, rock legend and murderer, dies at 81 in California prison
Phil Spector, the massively influential rock composer and producer who murdered a woman and spent his declining years in jail, died at 81. Spector died…
Bay Area
For the first time, a Jew of color will lead diversity org Be’chol Lashon
As the videos of George Floyd’s killing galvanized a historic wave of racial justice protests this past summer, the staff of one of the country’s leading…
Bay Area
In riot’s wake, Federations chief pledges to avoid grants to far-right groups
A grant funneled through a Jewish federation to a group that was accused of funding the Capitol insurrection was an anomaly, said Eric Fingerhut, the CEO…
Bay Area
U.S. Jews on edge amid warnings of Inauguration Day violence
Brad Orsini believes now is the time to run through all the “what if” scenarios, and by that he means asking the hard questions, such as: “What if armed…
Bay Area
Bay Area orgs urge Congress to protect ‘targeted Americans’
Jewish organizations, leaders and lawmakers from the Bay Area have signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect “targeted Americans” after the…
Bay Area
Lessons from Weimar Germany
Unlike scores of op-ed writers and political pundits four years ago, UC Berkeley Jewish history professor John Efron resisted early comparisons between…
Bay Area
GitHub fires Jewish employee after he posted about ‘Nazis’ at Capitol
GitHub, a software developing host owned by Microsoft, reportedly fired a Jewish employee days after he warned of “Nazis” among the mob that stormed the…
Bay Area
Mitzvah Day projects will be adapted for pandemic times
The Covid-19 pandemic is keeping people at home, but there’s still a way to do some practical, hands-on volunteering next week through the Oshman Family…