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Educators Quizzed by Congress About Growing Antisemitism in Public Schools

May 9, 2024 7:45 amMay 9, 2024 3:43 pm

With buzzwords akimbo, a trio of school district leaders in New York, Maryland, and Berkeley tried to fend off accusations during a congressional hearing May 8 of failing to tackle the issue of growing antisemitism in public schools. New York...

Berkeley Schools’ Antisemitism: Superintendent Testifying to Congress Wednesday Morning

May 7, 2024 3:48 pmMay 7, 2024 3:48 pm

“Kill Jews.” That was scrawled on a Berkeley High School wall recently, prompting the Berkeley Unified School District (BUSD) to do, well, nothing. It appears the antisemitism problem in BUSD has only grown since February, when the Louis D. Brandeis...

Hating Jews in Elementary School: Berkeley Public Schools Tolerating Antisemitism

May 6, 2024 11:50 amMay 7, 2024 9:29 am

The focus of much of the recent explosion of antisemitism across the nation has seemed to be the college campus. But in Berkeley, it appears to start in elementary school with Palestinian flags in second grade classrooms and kids –...

Backlash Grows Against SF Board Of Supervisors Cease-Fire Resolution

January 17, 2024 12:47 pmJanuary 17, 2024 3:48 pm

The backlash against last weeks vote by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to issue an Israel-Hamas War cease-fire resolution continued to grow this week, with Mayor Breed and more and more residents speaking out against the Board’s decision. Since...

Social Media Companies Would Be Forced To Disclose Ban, Flagging Policies in New Assembly Bill

March 29, 2021 3:03 pm

On Monday, a bill to require social media platforms to publicly disclose corporate policies on what exactly gets people temporarily banned or permanently banned from those sites was introduced in the Assembly. Assembly Bill 587, authored by Assemblyman Jesse Gabriel...

Hearing Over University Campus Climate Of Diversity And Marginalization Held In Berkeley

November 8, 2019 11:48 amNovember 9, 2019 7:01 am

At a Berkeley hearing presided over by Assemblywoman Shirley Weber (D-San Diego), a group of elected officials, university representatives, and students discussed the current climate of diversity and inclusiveness on college campuses across California. Following a report by the Anti-Defamation...

In Lieu of Character

April 10, 2019 7:29 amApril 11, 2019 6:38 am

Candace Owens of Turning Point USA testified before the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, seeking to clear up Democrats’ stereotypes of African Americans. “The media and the journalists on the left are not interested in telling the truth about me,”...