Overview
- San Jose police opened a hate-crime investigation into a photo of eight Branham High students arranged as a swastika on the school’s football field.
- The school says it identified all eight students involved, with their names withheld under federal student-privacy law.
- Reports say the now-removed Instagram post included a 1939 Hitler quote threatening the annihilation of Jews.
- District leaders called the act hate violence and pledged firm consequences along with expanded education on antisemitism, working with the ADL, JCRC and the Bay Area Jewish Coalition.
- Roughly 200 students walked out in support of Jewish classmates as local officials, including San Jose’s mayor, condemned the act, and coverage noted an earlier state finding that a Branham course discriminated against Jewish students.