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Faculty for Justice in Palestine at the Gaza solidarity encampment, one day before violent riots erupted at the University of California, Los Angeles, April 29, 2024. (Credit: Noopur28 via Wikimedia Commons)
May 26, 2026, 7:21 pm
Trump admin files second lawsuit against UCLA for ‘deliberate indifference’ to Jew-hatred
The public university “inexplicably took no serious action whatsoever” as “Jewish and Israeli students risked physical assault” during the 2024 anti-Israel campus protests.
By Mike Wagenheim
Students and pro-Palestinian protesters gather at Stanford University to protest Israeli attacks on Gaza, April 22, 2024. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
May 12, 2026, 5:09 pm
California judge boots Jewish DA from trying Stanford pro-Palestinian protesters
Local Jewish groups say the ruling “risks reinforcing longstanding antisemitic prejudices.”
By Niva Ashkenazi
Adas Torah synagogue in Los Angeles, California. (Google Streetview)
April 30, 2026, 12:15 pm
Attack on Jewish man outside Los Angeles synagogue investigated as hate crime
The attack outside of Adas Torah synagogue comes two years after two Jewish men were shot outside their synagogues in Los Angeles.
By Grace Gilson
The University of California, Berkeley (Charlie Nguyen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0)
March 20, 2026, 8:22 am
In settlement, UC Berkeley agrees bans on Zionists ‘can violate university rules’
The university also agreed to pay $1 million to the Brandeis Center.
By Andrew Lapin
Police Tape (Credit: Matt Gush/Shutterstock)
March 11, 2026, 8:50 am
San Jose police probing attack on Israeli Americans as potential hate crime
Matt Mahan, mayor of the city, told JNS that “antisemitism and any acts of hatred have no place in San Jose.”
By Aaron Bandler
California Gov. Gavin Newsom gestures at an event promoting his book "Young Man in a Hurry" on February 28, 2026 in San Francisco, California. (Benjamin Fanjoy/Getty Images)
March 5, 2026, 9:59 am
Gavin Newsom says some ‘appropriately’ call Israel an ‘apartheid state’
The comments from Newsom, a likely 2028 presidential candidate, come shortly after the California governor said he “never will” take money from AIPAC.
By Grace Gilson
State Sen. Scott Wiener speaks during a press conference at San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza, Nov. 18, 2025. (Yalonda M. James/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
January 23, 2026, 11:07 am
After accusing Israel of genocide, Scott Wiener resigns as Calif. Jewish Caucus co-chair
California Jewish groups had criticized Wiener, who is running for Congress, over his comments.
By Philissa Cramer
The remains of the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center following the Eaton Fire in Jan. 2025. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
January 14, 2026, 12:28 pm
Rubble of Pasadena synagogue destroyed in wildfire is vandalized with anti-Zionist graffiti
The synagogue’s rabbi, the Anti-Defamation League, and local sheriff’s department have decried the vandalism as antisemitic.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
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December 14, 2025, 4:30 pm
Los Angeles-area police probing shooting at home with Chanukah decor
"Home surveillance video showed no muzzle flash leading police to believe the weapon was an airsoft handgun," the Redlands police department stated.
By JNS Staff
The California state capitol in Sacramento (Wikimedia Commons)
September 15, 2025, 9:54 am
California lawmakers approve narrowed bill targeting antisemitism in schools
The bill received near-unanimous support despite the objection of the state’s largest teachers union.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
University of California, Berkeley campus, showing the Doe Memorial Library as well as Sather Tower, in Berkeley, Calif. (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)
August 21, 2025, 8:23 am
UC Berkeley sued for allegedly rejecting Israeli professor over nationality
Lawsuit reflects “a broader pattern across top universities where Israeli and Jewish professors and academics have been discriminated against.” — Rebecca Harris, Brandeis Center
By Aaron Bandler
Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation in Pacific Palisades, California, as it appeared in May 2024. (Google Maps, screenshot)
July 23, 2025, 9:18 am
Reconstructionist congregation moves to cut ties with the denomination over Israel tensions
Kehillat Israel’s move exemplifies fractures in progressive Judaism after Oct. 7.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Opening statements are made during a board meeting at the Santa Ana Unified School District board room in Santa Ana, CA on June 13, 2023 (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
February 21, 2025, 12:08 pm
California school district halts ethnic studies courses following lawsuit over alleged antisemitism
Jewish groups sued the Santa Ana Unified School District for allegedly developing ethnic studies courses in partial secrecy.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
The Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center burns during the Eaton fire in Pasadena, California, on Jan. 7, 2025. (Josh Edelson/AFP via Getty Images)
January 8, 2025, 2:22 pm
Pasadena synagogue burns down as fires rage across Southern California
A Chabad in the Pacific Palisades evacuated abruptly amid a separate fire flaring there.
By Philissa Cramer
The pro-Palestinian encampment at UCLA was closed off with multiple layers of barricades and a heavy police presence. (Jacob Gurvis)
August 14, 2024, 5:43 pm
UCLA can’t let protesters block Jewish students’ access to campus, judge rules
The temporary injunction, from U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi, is one of the most significant legal rulings to follow the spread of pro-Palestinian encampments
By Andrew Lapin
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