Tag: Jewish students
UCLA Gets New Chancellor: Dr. Julio Frenk to Take Over
The University of California Board of Regents today named Dr. Julio Frenk to be the new UCLA chancellor. Frenk had been president of the University of Miami since 2015, where he led an ambitious fund raising drive that netted the...
What Blockheads: UCLA Leader, Other College Leaders Flail in Congress
In politics, as in life, sometimes you don’t have to be faster than the bear, you just have to be faster than the other guy. Luckily for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, the other guy – Northwestern University President Michael Schill...
It’s UCLA’s Turn in the Hot Seat: Chancellor to Appear before Congress Thursday AM
The past couple of months have been a rather trying time for UCLA Chancellor Gene Block. And it won’t get any better Thursday. Block has been called to testify by the House of Representatives Committee on Education and the Workforce...
Berkeley Schools’ Antisemitism: Superintendent Testifying to Congress Wednesday Morning
“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...
UCLA To Hunt Counter-Protestors, Announces Partnership with Gascon LAPD
In yet another suspiciously timed statement, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced Monday night that the school has launched an investigation into the mayhem-filled April 30 counter-protest to the pro-Palestinian mob that had been encamped on campus for the previous week....
Hating Jews in Elementary School: Berkeley Public Schools Tolerating Antisemitism
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 –...