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Kehlani Campaign

When San Diego Pride announced headlining Kehlani, an antisemitic singer,  for its 2025 Pride Festival, the Antisemitism Task Force launched a strong campaign letting organizers, sponsors, and relevant elected officials know that the Jewish community would not accept this decision quietly. Kehlani’s campaign reach of 5 million showed a united Jewish community that is strong and proud, and a new Pride board […]

Jewish groups, parents worry about San Francisco district’s new ethnic-studies program

Marci Miller, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS that the curriculum was “unvetted” and “rushed.” Aaron Bandler | The Jewish News Syndicate | July 8, 2025 Maria Su, the superintendent of the San Francisco Unified School District, announced on June 30 that the district, which serves about 50,000 students in 122 schools, plans to introduce […]

Jake Bennett

StandWithUs Thanks Florida for Passing the Nation’s Strongest Anti-BDS Law 

(Tallahassee, Florida, July 10, 2025)  — StandWithUs thanks Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for signing SB 1678  into law on June 30, 2025. The new law builds on Florida’s existing policies against boycotts of Israel. It now makes sure that the state won’t do business with, invest in, or give grants to schools, non-profits, or governments […]

Jewish Orgs Set Alternate J Pride Weekend Amid Kehlani Controversy

For the individuals, including Mayor Todd Gloria, who have said they will not attend the San Diego Pride Festival over Kehlani’s headlining show, there is now an alternate place to spend the afternoon after the Pride Parade on July 19. They can head to the J Pride Festival starting at 2 p.m. in La Jolla at the Lawrence Family […]

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Michelle Waksman

Elad Zigler

Russel Salmon

Daniel Stein

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Mina Rush

Miri Kornfeld

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Jennifer Kutner

Jewish Group Gathering To Protest Antisemitism In Educational Settings

KXL | July 2, 2025 For the local Jewish population in Portland, there’s an avenue to making voices heard. StandWithUs, a nonpartisan group that supports Israel and fights antisemitism, is holding a rally across from the Oregon Convention Center as the National Education Association assembly hosts its annual conference in Portland. David Smokler, the rally […]