California

Bennett to Pelosi: ‘You’ve Stood Up for Israel’

(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) met on Thursday in Jerusalem. The leaders discussed the main strategic challenges facing Israel, especially the Iran nuclear issue, according to Bennett’s office. “I want to personally thank you for your ongoing support for Israel,” Bennett told Pelosi. […]

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California, Middle East, USA

More Than 1,000 Petitioners to USC: Fix Double Standard on Anti-Zionist Harassment

SANTA CRUZ (Press Release) — Nearly 1,500 petitioners today demanded the University of Southern California (USC) fix the loophole that permits discrimination and harassment of pro-Israel students to continue to go unaddressed. Specifically, they want USC to expand its harassment policies to protect all students, not just some. “[T]here is a strong sense among students,

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California, Science, Medicine, & Education

Morris Casuto, 79, Defender of the Jewish People

Morris Casuto, the Anti-Defamation League regional director who defended San Diego County’s Jewish community against antisemites while forging good relations with other ethnic and religious groups within the county, died from leukemia Friday night, February 11, at the UCSD Jacobs Medical Center.  Graveside funeral services for Casuto, 79, will be conducted at 2 p.m., Tuesday, at El Camino Memorial Park. [Donald H. Harrison]

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California, Donald H. Harrison, Obituaries & memorials, San Diego County

California School District Adopts ‘Liberated’ Ethnic Studies Program Marked By Anti-Israel Bias

By Faygie Holt (JNS) Jewish groups in California took out a full-page ad in a local newspaper on Wednesday to voice their displeasure and concern with a school-board decision to engage an ethnic-studies curriculum for high school and middle-school students that they say will lead to hostility towards Israel and Jewish students. Appearing in the

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California, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA