Middle East

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Thursday announced that 1,010 insurance companies – more than 75 percent of insurers licensed to do business in California — have agreed to forgo future investments in 50 companies identified as doing business with Iran’s nuclear, energy or defense sectors. “This is a great victory for California […]

By Roz Rothstein and Roberta R. Seid LOS ANGELES– An increasing number of students report that efforts to demonize Israel have intensified on college campuses. Most recently, the student senates at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), held marathon debates about anti-Israel divestment resolutions. In May, the annual Hate

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday expressed its appreciation to University of California officials for their strong, unequivocal statement in which they announced their decision not to recommend to the university’s board divestment from companies doing business with Israel.  Student organizations at the University of California recently put forward two bills

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Dr. Chanan Naveh, visting Israeli scholar at San Diego State University, will be speaking at Congregation Dor Hadash at 7:30pm , Friday, June 11th  on the topic of “New Media in the New Middle East: The Palestinian Israeli Web War.”     Dr. Naveh is a senior lecturer and academic advisor in the School of Communications,

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–On March 27, 2010 the Annenberg Space for Photography in Century City, CA opened an exhibit entitled Water: Our Thirsty World. The exhibit, which is scheduled to be on display until June 13, features photographs from National Geographic and coincides with its special issue on water. The exhibit aims to “explore the

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) – On Sunday, May 23rd, San Diego Jewish Academy (SDJA) will celebrate its 30th anniversary with An Evening of Comedy featuring a performance by comedian Yisrael Campbell fresh from his hit off-Broadway show, Circumcise Me. All proceeds from the event benefit the Every Child Campaign, which helps SDJA provide its students

  By Roz Rothstein SAN DIEGO–“How dare you silence us? Free, free Palestine!  From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free!” shouted the UC San Diego [UCSD] divestment crowd as they stormed out of the student senate tonight, May 5, after their divestment bill was rejected yet again. About 100 people attended Wedneday’s