Oakland mayoral candidates tiptoe around Israel at wide-ranging forum By Gabe Stutman Sep 16, 2022 Should a candidate for mayor of a medium-size American city be expected to take a position on Israel? That question was tested during a Jewish community mayoral forum on Thursday night, held at Oakland’s historic Temple Sinai. Even before the topic was broached, there was a nervous energy in the room. About a week before… Read More
Tech Tech workers and activists protest Google and Amazon deals with Israel Dozens of employees marched to Google’s San Francisco offices, then five blocks to Amazon’s offices, to protest contracts the two tech companies have… By Emma Goss Sep 9, 2022
Local Voice BDS measure at Berkeley Law hurts students, not Israel The Jewish Student Association at Berkeley Law has long stayed away from the campus debate over BDS — the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction… By Adam Pukier Sep 6, 2022
Tech Jewish Google employee who protested Israeli contract resigns A Jewish Google employee who led activism against a major contract with Israel’s government resigned, citing what she said was retaliation. “Due to… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Aug 31, 2022
Letters Student antisemitism at Berkeley Law; A swastika is a swastika; etc. Berkeley Law dean shouldn’t be surprised After reading that Erwin Chemerinsky has spent 15 years as law school dean — first at UC Irvine, then at UC… By J. Readers Aug 31, 2022
Local Voice Dean of Berkeley Law: Don’t generalize about BDS on campus No one should be surprised that there are deeply held feelings about the Middle East on college campuses. What is most important is that universities be a… By Erwin Chemerinsky Aug 29, 2022
Bay Area Several Berkeley Law student groups adopt ‘no Zionist speakers’ rule Updated Aug. 29 A strongly worded pro-BDS bylaw adopted by a handful of student groups at Berkeley Law is quietly raising the temperature of the debate… By Gabe Stutman Aug 26, 2022
Bay Area BDS map of Jewish Boston shows up on local neo-Nazi's livestream The Mapping Project, an initiative by far-left, anti-Israel and pro-Palestinian activists in the Boston area, was featured in a recent livestream on Goyim… By Gabe Stutman Jul 18, 2022
Opinion UN positions on Israel are not gospel. Why do Christians cite them? Observers of mainline Protestant denominations and major ecumenical organizations have grown accustomed to an inescapable reality: Many of these groups… By David J. Michaels, RNS Jul 13, 2022