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UC Merced professor Abbas Ghassemi. (Photo/Courtesy UC Merced)

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…
By Gabriel Greschler Jan 19, 2021
Phil Spector circa 1970. (Photo/JTA-Michael Ochs Archives-Getty Images)

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…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 19, 2021
Marcella White Campbell is the new director of Be'chol Lashon, the first Jew of color to hold the position. (Photo/From file)

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…
By Gabe Friedman, JTA Jan 18, 2021
Police use tear gas around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Lev Radin-Pacific Press-LightRocket via Getty Images)

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…
By Ron Kampeas, JTA Jan 18, 2021
A protester at the Stop the Count insurrection, Jan. 6, 2021, with a patch bearing the Punisher skull logo on his vest. (Photo/JTA-Samuel Corum-Getty Images)

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…
By Dan Pine Jan 15, 2021
Protesters advocating the overturn of the 2020 presidential election results gather at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Tasos Katopodis-Getty Images)

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…
By Gabriel Greschler Jan 15, 2021
Munich during the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, in which Hitler and the early Nazi party attempted to overthrow the Weimar government. (Photo/Wikimedia-Bundesarchive CC BY-SA 3.0)

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…
By Gabe Stutman Jan 13, 2021
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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…
By Ben Sales, JTA Jan 13, 2021
Mitzvah Day 2017 at the Oshman Family JCC (Photo/Courtesy OFJCC)

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…
By Maya Mirsky Jan 12, 2021
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