Bay Area
Manny’s café hit with anti-Zionist graffiti
UPDATED: June 8, 4 p.m. San Francisco Jewish business owner Manny Yekutiel’s popular, community-focused Mission District café was vandalized over the…
Israel
Netanyahu condemns incitement, decries ‘election fraud’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned violent rhetoric on “every side” of the political spectrum Sunday but also claimed that Israel’s…
Bay Area
Zim cargo ship departs Port of Oakland after anti-Israel protests
Anti-Israel protesters at the Port of Oakland are claiming victory in preventing a Zim container ship from unloading its cargo on Friday. The Volans, a…
Bay Area
Students feeling hurt, harassed over anti-Israel rhetoric
Mia has been having a hard time. Ever since the Israel-Palestinian conflict flared into violence in May, she’s felt stressed and isolated in the face of…
Analysis
Netanyahu changed how Americans view Israel — but not the way he wanted
In 2001, when he was out of office and in what he thought was a private setting, Benjamin Netanyahu boasted, “I know what America is. America is a thing…
Education
After BDS endorsement, S.F. teachers’ union passes antisemitism resolution
After its historic endorsement of the BDS movement against Israel on May 19 and the angry response that followed from some in the Jewish community, the…
U.S.
White House science advisor sworn in on 1492 edition of Pirkei Avot
When Eric Lander was sworn in Wednesday as the White House’s first-ever Cabinet-level science advisor, the geneticist also made Jewish history — by taking…
Politics
Is pro-Israel advocacy in crisis?
When a Jewish Democratic congressman initiated a letter last week demanding increased assistance for the Palestinians following the latest Israel-Gaza…
Bay Area
How this Jewish musician from Berkeley found belonging in Germany
Max Hirtz-Wolf had a pretty typical Berkeley Jewish upbringing. He attended Tehiyah Day School, had a bar mitzvah, the usual. But after graduating from…