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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 373

California Jews

The Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Andrew Esensten)
April 10, 2024, 4:35 pm
7 anti-Zionist Jewish artists pull out of California Jewish museum’s exhibit
When the California Jewish Open exhibit opens at San Francisco’s Contemporary Jewish Museum in June, the gallery walls will have blank spaces where the art was supposed to hang
By Andrew Esensten
Yoav Harlev and hundreds of others demonstrate on behalf of the Hamas-held hostages on the El Curtola highway overpass on the 100th day of the Israel-Hamas war, January 14, 2024. (Thomas Smith/Bay Area Telegraph)
March 3, 2024, 4:23 am
Bay Area Jews come together with grassroots effort to fight post-Oct. 7 anti-Israel bias
Stepping up against antisemitism on the streets and in schools, Jewish Californians and Israeli expats discover a dormant community that was waiting to be galvanized
By Natan Galula
Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji, 50, charged in the death of pro-Israel protester Paul Kessler on November 5, 2023 outside Los Angeles. (Ventura County Sheriff's Department)
November 17, 2023, 9:55 am
Professor charged in death of Jewish pro-Israel protester at dueling LA war rallies
Loay Abdelfattah Alnaji indicted for involuntary manslaughter after causing ‘great bodily injury’ on Paul Kessler; additional charges for hate crime may still be considered
By Agencies and ToI Staff
File - Paul Kessler protests in solidarity with Israel outside Los Angeles on November 5, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
November 16, 2023, 8:26 pm
Pro-Palestinian protester arrested in death of Jewish man during rival LA rallies
Loay Alnaji booked into jail for investigation of involuntary manslaughter, with police saying he caused Paul Kessler to fall and hit his head, resulting in deadly hemorrhaging
By Jacob Magid and Agencies
File - Paul Kessler protests in solidarity with Israel outside Los Angeles on November 5, 2023. (Courtesy; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
November 10, 2023, 9:10 am
LA authorities urge patience in investigation of Jewish pro-Israel protester’s death
Police appeal for video evidence of circumstances surrounding death of Paul Kessler, 69, of injuries sustained in possible hate crime
By Agencies and ToI Staff
California Rabbi Evon Yakar addresses the El Dorado County Board of Supervisors prior to the a vote to rescind "American Christian Heritage Month," September 19, 2023. (YouTube screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 21, 2023, 8:30 pm
US county scraps ‘American Christian Heritage Month’ after local Jewish outcry
Jewish residents of California’s El Dorado applaud cancellation of planned annual event, which critics say wrongfully promoted idea of United States as Christian country
By Sue Fishkoff
Anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian activists in New York City, May 15, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 12, 2023, 4:25 am
Lawsuit claims California school district covertly approved anti-Israel curricula
Leading Jewish groups seek to block ethnic studies courses at Orange County schools, claiming board illegally avoided notifying public, referred to issue as ‘the Jewish question’
By Luke Tress
California Sen. Scott Wiener, left, shakes hands with a man after a rally for more housing outside of City Hall in Oakland, California, January 7, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
May 24, 2023, 4:47 am
Unsettled by Jewish history, a California lawmaker takes on his state’s housing woes
Co-chair of Sacramento’s Jewish Caucus, State Senator Scott Wiener cites his upbringing as inspiring legislation that will allow religious institutions to build homes on their land
By Louis Sallerson
Rabbi David Kasher will be the director of the new Hadar West Coast. (Courtesy Hadar Institute via JTA)
May 5, 2023, 10:56 am
Hadar Institute to bring its egalitarian Jewish learning brand to California outpost
New York City-based organization expands activities to West Coast; will partner with Jewish community educators and leaders in Los Angeles and San Francisco to provide programming
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Screenshots from CCTV footage of the Schneerson Center in San Francisco as an unknown man fires blanks into the room during a study session, February 1, 2023. (Courtesy/J. The Jewish News of Northern California via JTA)
February 3, 2023, 11:23 pm
FBI investigating after shooter fires blanks in San Francisco Russian Jewish center
‘Stunned and shocked’: None injured as suspect shoots six empty rounds during study session for elderly Jews, who do not call police immediately after incident
By Gabe Stutman
A group of Jewish hippies at the House of Love and Prayer in San Francisco, circa 1969. (Photo/Marvin Kussoy, Courtesy Yehudit and Reuven Goldfarb/ via JTA)
December 5, 2022, 2:02 am
‘Mapping Jewish San Francisco’ puts online a treasure trove of local Jewish history
Digital exhibition’s co-founder Prof. Aaron Hahn Tapper says one of the goals is to highlight the role Jews played in making the Bay Area what it is today
By Maya Mirsky
Illustrative: People walk at the University Village area of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, March 12, 2019. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
July 26, 2022, 2:08 pm
Federal probe opened into alleged antisemitism at University of Southern California
US Department of Education to investigate college after Jewish student government leader forced out of position due to harassment
By Luke Tress
Isaac Yosef opened the kosher Frena Bakery and Cafe in 2016. (Courtesy of Yosef/ via JTA)
May 30, 2021, 3:01 am
In San Francisco, Israeli bakery makes waves hiring formerly incarcerated staff
When Isaac Yosef took a chance on an ex-con who’d learned Hebrew to bolster his Bible study, he opened the door for others people were reluctant to hire — and who are now thriving
By Alix Wall
A view of the campus at California Polytechnic State University (video screenshot)
February 8, 2021, 6:28 am
Swastikas, anti-Semitic phrases daubed outside Jewish fraternity in California
Police launch investigation as president of California Polytechnic condemns incident
By JTA
Illustrative: Empty desks at a junior high school in California, October 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)
February 6, 2021, 4:58 am
Jews as US minority: The controversy over California’s ethnic studies curriculum
Debate rages over creation of study program; Jewish groups objected to 1st draft, saying it didn’t reflect American Jewish experience, advanced some forms of anti-Semitism
By Ben Sales
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