San Francisco State University President Leslie Wong, who has faced criticism of his administration’s response to anti-Semitic incidents at the school over the last years, has announced he is retiring. Wong, president since 2012, was traveling and unavailable to talk to J., but other figures connected to the university offered comments. “It’s been a challenging…
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On Stage
Folk-singing duo and circus group partner up for ‘holy goofing’
A simple gift of a book of poems has blossomed into an artistic project that is coming to San Francisco later this month, bringing together Sweet Can…
Bay Area
New BART advertising rules in response to Holocaust denial ad
After complaints about ads that ran in two downtown San Francisco BART stations in September touting a known Holocaust-denying group, BART’s board of…
Jewish World
Born in Ethiopia, S.F. student is now an Israeli citizen and a Jew
Bezawit Abebe was about to get on a plane to Israel when she talked to J. “I’m so excited,” she said. “I don’t remember myself being so excited to go…