Posts Tagged: University of California-Berkeley
Jewish Fraternity House at University of California, Berkeley Vandalized With Shellfish
The house of the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) chapter at the University of California, Berkeley was vandalized over the weekend, according to the fraternity. AEPi said...
Legal Group Seeks Removal of ‘Blood Libel’ Book from Princeton University Course
The International Legal Forum (ILF), a nonprofit organization based in Tel Aviv which advocates for equality in Israel and the Middle East, on Sunday asked...
University of California Newspaper Demands Action Against Antisemitism After Series of Incidents
The school newspaper of University of University of California-Davis is urging administrators to "do more to support the Jewish community," after a series of antisemitic...
Human Rights Group Slams Berkeley ‘Ban’ on Zionist Speakers
Excluding pro-Israel speakers from university campuses amounts to a "political litmus test" which undermines "tenets of free speech," the human rights nonprofit PEN America said...
New York Congressional Candidate Pledges to Strip UC Berkeley of Federal Funding After Anti-Israel Policy
A New York Assemblyman running for Congress has vowed to propose legislation that would strip University of California-Berkeley of its public funding should he be...
College Newspapers Single Out Israel for Opprobrium, New Study Says
College newspapers tend to paint Israel in bad light, according to a new report by the Alums for Campus fairness, a US watchdog monitoring antisemitism...
Law Students at UC Berkeley Declare ‘Victory’ for BDS
JNS.org - A group of anti-Israel law students at the University of California, Berkeley, are celebrating what they are calling a “victory” on campus after...
12 Universities Urged to Drop Middle East Studies Association Over BDS Endorsement
A coalition of organizations that support academic freedom and oppose boycotts of Israel urged a dozen universities on Wednesday to disaffiliate from the Middle East...
St. Mary’s College Postpones Event With Professor Accused of Promoting Antisemitic Libel
St. Mary's College has postponed an event featuring an Islamic law and theology scholar following complaints about antisemitic comments, the California Jewish newspaper J. reported on...
The Palestinians Compare Israel to the Nazis, But They Were the Real Collaborators With Hitler
On a Spring day in 2018 during the March of Return riots, Palestinians at the Gaza border flew a swastika-emblazoned kite carrying a Molotov cocktail...
Anti-Israel Protesters Disrupt Talk by Renowned Holocaust Scholar Deborah Lipstadt at UC Berkeley
Renowned Holocaust scholar Deborah Lipstadt was disrupted by a group of anti-Israel activists during a talk on antisemitism at the University of California, Berkeley, last...
UC Berkeley Jewish Leaders Urge Action After Being ‘Harassed and Threatened’ at Two Student Gov’t Meetings
Jewish student leaders at the University of California, Berkeley, are calling for action after allegedly being "harassed and threatened" twice in less than a year...
In Survey, UC Berkeley Prof. Finds Most Students ‘Passionate’ About ‘Israeli Occupation’ Can’t Find Palestinian Territories on Map
Most students who care strongly about the "Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories" do not have knowledge of basic facts surrounding the subject, and do not...
UC Berkeley Establishes First Faculty Chair in Israel Studies
JNS.org - Joining a select group of universities in the world with an endowed faculty chair in Israel Studies, the University of California, Berkeley announced the...
