SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In the wake of the horrific events of Oct. 7 and the barbaric, evil actions taken by Hamas, the University of California (UC) Ethnic Studies Faculty Council issued a statement legitimizing the massacre of innocent Israeli civilians, including Jewish women, children, and even infants burned and mutilated. The statement […]
SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — JCRC Bay Area condemns the resolution calling for the City of Richmond to stand “in solidarity with the Palestinian people of Gaza” that was passed yesterday. The evening’s procedures were marked by chaos and lack of decorum. Outcry against the resolution by Richmond citizens was so intense and brought enough
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California
(JNS) The Manhattan Beach Middle School, a public school in California, is denying that it asked four Jewish students, all age 11, who were allegedly told “all Israelis and Jews should be killed” by a classmate to sign gag orders. The school is not releasing the findings of its own investigation into the alleged comments,
SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – After learning of an appalling letter sent from the University of California Ethnic Studies Faculty Council that justifies Hamas’ brutal murder, mutilation, beheading and burning alive of women, children, babies, the elderly, the disabled and others, 115 organizations today demanded that the University of California (UC) reject a proposal
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California, Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release) — On Thursday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced he is on his way to Israel during this time of ongoing conflict and terror, and will arrive there Friday morning. “We are deeply grateful for Governor Newsom’s visit. He has been a staunch ally of the Jewish community and is supporting us
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California, Israel
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today urged California Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond to ensure public funds will not support an Ethnic Studies organization or its affiliates who attempt to justify or promote violence and terrorism. AJC signed onto an open letter to Thurmond
Prof. Sanford “Sandy” Lakoff, the founding chairman of UC San Diego’s political science department and a $2 million benefactor of Brandeis University where he did his undergraduate work, has died at age 92, San Diego Jewish World has learned. [SDJW staff report]
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, California, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Mark D. Zimmerman Senator Dianne Feinstein died at the age of 90, just hours after casting a vote on the floor of the United States Senate, where she served since 1992 as California’s first female senator. Among the issues that Senator Feinstein promoted were HIV/AIDS funding, women’s reproductive health needs, gun control, and support
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California, Mark D. Zimmerman, Trivia, Humor & SatireSACRAMENTO (Press Release) – On Sunday, Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law Assembly Bill 1185, authored by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel (D–San Fernando Valley) and a top priority for JPAC (the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California). AB 1185 expands the eligibility for the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program (CSNSGP) to include “community connectors,” nonprofits
Rich Leib knows a thing or two about chairing meetings. He was appointed by Gov. Gray Davis in 1998 to the California Community Colleges Board of Governors, serving as its president from 2001 to 2003. In 2008, he was elected to the Solana Beach School Board, where he served for nearly 12 years, part of that time as that body’s president. In 2018, Gov. Jerry Brown named him to the UC Board of Regents. When the chair of that board, Cecilia V. Estolano, was not reappointed, Leib moved up from vice chair to chair. In July 2022, he was formally appointed to a one-year term as the Regents’ chairman. [Donald H. Harrison]
Published by Reuters (Reuters) -Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives began to position themselves on Wednesday to run for speaker, the day after a small group of hardliners succeeded in ousting Kevin McCarthy from the job in a historic first. Here are some possible candidates: IN: JIM JORDAN Representative Jim Jordan, an ally of
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California, USA
Published by The Mercury News Dianne Feinstein, California’s longest-serving U.S. senator who led San Francisco through its darkest and most violent days as mayor in the 1970s and later authored a federal ban on assault weapons that lasted a decade, died Thursday night, according to multiple reports. At 90, she was the oldest member of
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California
Published by The Sacramento Bee Sen. Dianne Feinstein died Friday. Here are the some of her most notable moments: 1969: After becoming active in prison issues, Feinstein wins a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1969. 1978:Becomes acting mayor of San Francisco after Mayor George Moscone and Councilman Harvey Milk are assassinated
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CaliforniaSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In a newly exposed letter, University of California (UC) faculty tasked with developing California ethnic studies high school standards referred to Jews as “highly funded lobby groups” and attacked attempts to prevent antisemitic materials from becoming part of ethnic studies courses as “censorship” and “racism.” The letter, written by