J. The Jewish News of Northern California

1 week ago | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

A 28-year-old Jewish woman and her non-Jewish friend were attacked in San Francisco's Marina District early Saturday by people shouting "free Palestine" and "f*** the Jews," the woman told J. The San Francisco Police Department is investigating the incident as a hate crime, a public information officer wrote in an email to J. on Monday. Police said two suspects were located in the area shortly after Saturday's incident.

2 weeks ago | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

Oakland's Jerusalem Coffee House, a Palestinian-themed cafe that went viral for releasing a "Sweet Sinwar" drink on Oct. 7, 2024, and for angry confrontations with suspected Zionists, was hit with a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday.

3 weeks ago | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

A first-year medical student from Israel who was accused by a UCSF professor of "participating in the genocide of Palestinians" likely does not and never did exist, a new lawsuit revealed this week. The strange revelation, contained in a 19-page complaint for wrongful termination filed on behalf of Rupa Marya in federal court on Wednesday, calls into question how much of the controversy surrounding her has been "manufactured," her lawyers argue.

1 month ago | jweekly.com | Dan Pine

Asher Cohen will head to Yale University this fall to attend its prestigious medical school. The newly minted Cal graduate and future physician is excited about this next chapter of his life but acknowledges he's a bit nervous. "I'm a math major at Berkeley," he told J. a few days before graduating, "so I know very little about the human body."Odds are he will master the medical reference Gray's Anatomy in short order. Cohen is just 20 but has already accomplished so much.

1 month ago | jweekly.com | Gabe Stutman

A Central Coast school board already accused of antisemitism in its ranks rejected a contract this week with Facing History & Ourselves, a globally recognized anti-bias training organization that began in the mid-1970s with a focus on the Holocaust but has since expanded its scope. Wednesday's vote at a Pajaro Valley Unified School District board meeting came after sharp criticism from anti-Zionist activists who accused the nonprofit of supporting Zionism and ignoring Palestinians.