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Protesters hold sign across main arch of UC Berkeley Sather Gate
Posted inEducation

UC Berkeley chancellor to post ‘observers’ at Sather Gate

by Emma Goss March 21, 2024
During the March 19 city council meeting, Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg positioned himself behind the lectern so he could face his fellow councilmembers to talk about the compromise resolution on Gaza. (Screenshot/MetroCable14)
Posted inCalifornia

Sacramento council OKs ‘compromise’ resolution on Gaza war

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Ron Hassner sits in his office in the social sciences building at UC Berkeley early on in his sleep/sit-in. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inNews

Nearly two weeks in, Berkeley professor’s sit-in gains fans and followers

by Emma Goss March 20, 2024March 29, 2024
An aerial view of American Jewish University's former campus in the Bel Air neighborhood of Los Angeles. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy AJU)
Posted inCalifornia

2 investigations underway following complaints of sexism at Ziegler rabbinical seminary

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Ran Bar-Yoshafat at UC Berkeley on Monday, March 18, 2024. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inBay Area

Israeli speaker whose talk was shut down returns to UC Berkeley

by Sue Fishkoff March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Gisele Kahalon, a Jewish senior at Drexel University working with the Orthodox college student outreach group Olami, advocates for changes to the Title VI antisemitism reporting system during a press conference outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2024. She is flanked by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace of South Carolina (left), Olami staff and other Jewish college students. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Olami)
Posted inU.S.

Department of Education increases transparency around Title VI discrimination investigations post-Oct. 7

by Andrew Lapin March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
three people pose smiling at a fancy event
Posted inU.S.

Prominent Jewish names join letter to Biden from progressive donors warning against ‘unconditional’ support for Israel

by Ron Kampeas March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Protestors, dressed like women in the patriarchal dystopia of “The Handmaid’s Tale” TV series, participate in a July 25, 2023 protest in San Francisco. (Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
Posted inIsrael

Global index cites judicial coup as it downgrades Israel from ‘liberal democracy’

by Michael Hauser Tov March 20, 2024March 20, 2024
Jewish students crowd into Ron Hassner's office on the first day of the professor's sit-in over the University of California, Berkeley's handling of antisemitism and anti-Israel protests on campus. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hassner)
Posted inCalifornia

Congress launches antisemitism probe into UC Berkeley as ‘sleep-in’ protests expand statewide

by Andrew Lapin March 19, 2024March 20, 2024
Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb speaks to fellow pro-cease-fire protesters in the rotunda of the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building in Oakland, Nov. 13, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy JVP)
Posted inBay Area

From Rafah to Berkeley: symbolic interfaith ‘pilgrimage’ to advocate for cease-fire

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 19, 2024March 19, 2024

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