- California lawmakers advanced a bill to let people voluntarily list "Jewish" as an ethnicity on state forms so the state can better count and serve Jewish residents.
- Supporters say the data would help track things like unemployment, school representation and hate crimes; the bill includes privacy safeguards and a carve‑out to avoid losing federal funding.
- Opponents worry about government lists of Jews given Holocaust history and distrust privacy promises, while supporters point to personal stories—like the bill’s author deciding to wear a kippah after an antisemitic incident.
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