Posts Tagged: California
Antisemitic Assaults, Threats Continue Across US With Spate of Incidents
The American Jewish community continues to be battered by antisemitic hate incidents across the US, forcing law enforcement to stay hot on the trails of...
University of California Rejects Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement in Faculty Assembly Vote
The University of California (UC) Faculty Assembly has rejected a proposal to establish passing ethnic studies in high school as a requirement for admission to...
California Public School District Enables Antisemitic Bullying, New Civil Rights Complaint Says
The Santa Clara Unified School District (SCUSD) in California allows Jewish students to be subjected to unconscionable levels of antisemitic bullying in and outside of...
Legal Nonprofit Launches Civil Rights Blitz Against Campus Antisemitism in California
The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has launched a legal blitz in California, announcing on Thursday that it filed three federal...
Los Angeles County Records Record High Number of Antisemitic Hate Crimes
Los Angeles County in California has experienced an all-time high number of hate crimes targeting the Jewish community, according to figures compiled by a local...
Jewish Students ‘Brutally’ Assaulted at DePaul University in Chicago
Two Jewish students participating in a pro-Israel demonstration at DePaul University in Chicago on Wednesday were "brutally" assaulted by two ruffians who concealed their identities...
Vandals Strike Jewish Fraternity AEPi House at Temple University in Philadelphia
Anti-Jewish hate reared its head at Temple University in Philadelphia over the weekend, with a spree of vandalism at the off-campus dwelling of the predominantly...
California Cafe Kicks Out Man Wearing ‘Violent’ Star of David Baseball Hat, Owner Asks if He’s a ‘Zionist’
A cafe owner in Oakland, California kicked out a man for wearing a Star of David emblazoned on his baseball hat this past weekend, arguing...
Pomona College Suspends 12 Pro-Hamas Students for Oct. 7 Vandalism, Building Takeover
Pomona College in Claremont, California has levied severe disciplinary sanctions, ranging from expulsion to banishment, against 12 students who participated in illegally occupying and vandalizing...
10,000 Antisemitic Incidents Targeted Jews After Oct. 7, ADL Report Says
A punishing wave of over 10,000 antisemitic incidents has hit the American Jewish community since Oct. 7, according to a new report published by the...
New California Law Helps Holocaust Survivors, Their Families Reclaim Nazi-Looted Art
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law on Monday legislation that will give Holocaust survivors and their families more opportunities to reclaim art and other...
Anti-Israel Groups Oppose California Holocaust Education Bill That Passed Unanimously
Major anti-Israel groups opposed a Holocaust education bill in California that passed unanimously in the state's legislature. Last week, the California State Assembly and Senate approved...
California Jury Convicts Neo-Nazi Who Brutally Murdered Gay Jewish Teenager
A jury in Orange County, California on Wednesday convicted a neo-Nazi of the hate-crime murder of a gay Jewish teenager he lured to the woods...
UC Berkeley President Walks Back Positive Statements on Pro-Hamas Protesters, Israel Boycott
University of California, Berkeley chancellor Carol Christ has issued a message assuring Jewish faculty that the school will not boycott and divest from Israel, according...
