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The San Leandro High School campus in July 2015. (newtonapple via Wikimedia Commons, CC 2.0 BY 2.0)
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School antisemitism lawsuits, for and against

by J. Readers June 12, 2026June 11, 2026

Show bigots you are not afraid Laura Einhorn’s op-ed asserting that lawfare is the wrong response to antisemitism in schools (“Antisemitism lawsuits against schools do more harm than good,” online […]

Beza Abebe is an Ethiopian Israeli human rights advocate living in Oakland. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

School lawsuit op-ed. Politics of Hillel. Solidarity with Ethiopians.

by J. Readers May 29, 2026May 29, 2026
Sue Barnett on a reporting trip to Israel in January 1991.
Posted inLetters

Mazel tov, Sue. Ethnic studies framing. Wrong on Chernobyl.

by J. Readers May 15, 2026May 15, 2026
Israeli Consul General Marco Sermoneta at a ceremony for Yom HaZikaron, Israel’s memorial day, at the Oshman Family JCC in Palo Alto. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inLetters

Farewell to Sue. Jewish ethnicity. Yom HaZikaron interrupters.

by J. Readers April 29, 2026April 29, 2026
A Jewish couple ride in a rickshaw in Shanghai in the late 1930s or early 1940s. (Courtesy Sino-Judaic Institute)
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Kaifeng article is a nice change. Jewish isn’t an ethnicity. Kudos to folk dancer.

by J. Readers April 16, 2026April 16, 2026
A protester holds a sign that reads “Divest” and “Free Palestine” in English and Spanish during a demonstration at San Francisco State University in April 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inLetters

Cal needs to change. SFSU antisemitism. Column got it wrong.

by J. Readers April 3, 2026April 3, 2026
Sonoma State University sign
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Dangers of rabbinic burnout. No ‘blood libel’ at Sonoma State. Iran campaign is good.

by J. Readers March 20, 2026March 20, 2026
Sonoma State University sign
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Mayor Lurie gets it wrong. Don’t ignore genocide experts. AIPAC’s failure.

by J. Readers March 5, 2026March 5, 2026
People in Minneapolis march against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Jan. 25. (Sharon Mollerus via Flickr, CC BY 4.0)
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Thank you, Dr. Saliman. More on state Sen. Wiener. March with others but defend Israel.

by J. Readers February 20, 2026February 20, 2026
State Sen. Scott Wiener
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Scott Wiener’s genocide declaration — protest and praise

by J. Readers February 6, 2026February 6, 2026

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