California
14-year-old charged with hate crime in assault on San Diego rabbi
The rabbi and his congregants had, for weeks, been harassed by a group of teens including his assailant.
California governor vetoes high school ethnic studies mandate
In the waning hours of the review period for bills passed during the 2019-20 legislative session on Wednesday, Gov. Gavin Newsom broke with strong majorities in both chambers to turn back Assembly Bill 331, which would have made an ethnic studies course mandatory in public high schools.
Instagram account “outs” Jewish high school students in northern California county
School officials believe they have identified the student running the account and given the information to local law enforcement.
California state senator facing anti-Semitic, homophobic death threats
Scott Wiener is being called a pedophile because of a bill he introduced. He blames it on the growing QAnon conspiracy theory.
Jewish caucus inserts anti-bias ‘guardrails’ into California ethnic studies law
Jewish caucus inserts anti-bias ‘guardrails’ into California ethnic studies law
‘Jews want a race war’ website removed only to be quickly replaced
The Goyim TV saga reflects the challenge of controlling hate-spewing websites, and the whack-a-mole-like effort it can take to take them down.
Torahs packed, California synagogues on high alert as wildfires bear down
It is “literally raining ashes,” said one Chabad rabbi.
‘Yo-Semite’ T-shirt breaks sales records after Trump gaffe
“It took me just a couple of minutes to find the Trump clip,” said Lefton, “and I immediately knew that I was going to sell thousands of t-shirts.”
Will California adopt an ethnic studies curriculum without Jews?
Will California adopt an ethnic studies curriculum without Jews?
What it’s like to start a job as a rabbi mid-pandemic
From buying a house virtually to organizing “kiddush-to-go,” it’s looking very different than previous years.