OPINION | At Temple Israel, training and relationships prepared us for the worst

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology’s entrance back in 2006. (Bahn Mi via Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 2.0) "…

Security camera footage shows the three suspects, (from left) Ramon Akoyans, Bruneil Henry Chamaki and Roma Akoyans, in a parking garage in San Jose shortly before the assault of two Israeli Americans. (San Jose Police Department via Santa…

Guests raises their glasses at the Jewish Community Relations Council Bay Area’s 2025 Freedom Seder in San Francisco. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) "…

Anti-Israel protesters assemble outside of Adas Torah, a synagogue in the Pico Robertson neighborhood of Los angeels, July 23, 2024. Shay Horse/NurPhoto via Getty Images) "…

Sonoma State University’s annual Holocaust and Genocide Lecture Series runs through May 12. (Brain Toad via Flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) "…

Extensive damage is visible inside the charred hallway at Temple Israel where an attacker drove his vehicle into the building entrance next to the early childhood center on March 12. This photo was taken on March 16. (Emily Elconin) "…

Texas state Rep. James Talarico speaks at a primary election watch party in Austin, March 3, 2026. (Facebook) "…

Ilana Kaufman (left), CEO of the Jews of Color Initiative, and Marc Dollinger, author of “Black Power, Jewish Politics: Reinventing the Alliance in the 1960s” Black Power, Jewish Politics speak at the Magnes Museum in Berkeley,…