UCLA guest lecturer compares Zionists to white supremacists

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate May 22, 2019 A guest lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, last week labeled Zionists as white supremacists, reported Jewish Journal on Tuesday. A Jewish student in the class, Shayna Lavi, recalled to the Journal that San Francisco State University Arab and Muslim ethnicities’ professor Rabab Abdulhadi, told the some […]

Swastika Found in SF State Bathroom

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/22/2019 A swastika with the caption “free Palestine” was found drawn on a bathroom in San Francisco State University (SFSU) May 22. SFSU student Daniel Yeluashvili, president of the SFSU pro-Israel student group I Team, told the Journal in a phone interview he found the swastika in the third floor bathroom […]

Israeli talks about life in his country

Lake Oswego Review Barb Randall 5/23/2019 StandWithUs, an international nonprofit Israel education organization, has partnered with the Jewish Federation of Greater Portland to provide high school students an opportunity to learn about Israeli life. Inspired by a love of Israel and the belief that education is the road to peace, StandWithUs is dedicated to educating […]

Steve Kramer – Celebrating Israel’s 71 Anniversary

Israel Seen Steve Kramer 5/20/2019 Just 71 years ago, Israel declared its independence based on several factors: God promised the Land of Israel to the Jews in the Bible – echoed in the Christian Bible and even (gasp!) in the Koran. Three ancient Jewish kingdoms in Israel are part of archaeological and historical records. Early […]

Holocaust survivor speaks to students

PHS News Katie Valenti May 21, 2019 Mary Wygodski, who is 93 years old, addressed 120 students about her time in the Holocaust and surviving Jewish oppression every day on May 2 in the media center. Jewish Student Unions president, sophomore Carol Kornworcel, put on the event with Rayna Exelbierd’s help. “Having Mary come speak […]

Williams College Recognizes Pro-Israel Group

Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 5/21/2019 Williams College, the private liberal arts college in Williamstown, MA, officially recognized the pro-Israel group Williams Initiative for Israel (WIFI) as a student group on campus May 14. On April 23, the Williams College Council voted against designating WIFI as a Registered Student Organization (RSO), meaning that the group wouldn’t […]

“I want to bring people together”:Rachel Rubins tackling both international crises & her junior year

Knight Crier Alexis Bamford May 22, 2019 Rubins addresses members of the organization Stand With Us at the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia (December 2018). “In a world full of prejudice and hate, peace can only be possible through education,” Rachel Rubins spoke, sweeping her eyes from the floor to ceiling of […]

Killing the Israel “Apartheid” Myth

Detroit Jewish News Robert Weinbaum 5/22/2019 At the University of Michigan, certain professors and departments promote a rather biased perspective on Israel and are not open to a more balanced conversation. U-M offers a welcoming, safe and inclusive home to me and thousands of Jewish and pro-Israel students, but to deny the difficulties faced in […]

Brandeis pres brims with fury after pro-Israel display vandalized

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/21/2019 Kenneth C. Zirkel, Wikipedia Brandeis University is investigating at least two cases of vandalism of a pro-Israel display put up by the university Hillel chapter during Israel week. A pro-Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the incident. Ronald Liebowitz, the president of Brandeis University, released a statement in mid-May stating that […]

Another Successful Israel Solidarity Walk, May 19, 2019

Rain did not deter hundreds of community members and students from showing their love for Israel as they marched as part of the “Israel Solidarity Walk” on May 19, 2019. The event opens the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) annual “Celebrate Israel Festival” held in Rancho Park and is organized annually by StandWithUs. Marching with banners and […]

How alumni are revolutionizing the Israel debate on campus

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Avi Gordon 5/19/2019 College might be the place where you found your career, met your significant other or forged friendships that would last a lifetime. One way or another, your alma mater likely played a significant role in making you the person you’ve become today. Now, imagine that your alma mater’s faculty […]

THE REAL WINNER OF EUROVISION WAS ISRAEL

Jerusalem Post Michael Dickson 5/19/2019 People celebrate the winning of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 by Israel’s Netta Barzilai with her song “Toy” , at Rabin square in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 13, 2018. (photo credit: REUTERS/CORINNA KERN) Israel’s Eurovision entry barely made a dent on the scoreboard but there’s no doubt that the Jewish […]

Williams College administrators override student government’s rejection of pro-Israel group

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman 5/17/2019 The administration at Williams College overrode the student government’s rejection earlier this month of a pro-Israel group being formed on campus. A college spokesperson, Gregory Shook, told the nonprofit Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE), which fights to free speech on college and university campuses, that since Tuesday, […]

Williams College bypasses student government, recognizes pro-Israel student group

College Fix Greg Piper 5/16/2019 The Williams College student government ignored its own bylaws by refusing to recognize the pro-Israel student group Williams Initiative for Israel last month, citing the group’s political views. That posed a problem for the private college, which could get sued for breach of contract under Massachusetts law if it didn’t […]

Honoring Survivors, StandWithUs in Israel

Jewish Journal Ryan Torok 5/15/2019 Husband-and-wife Roz and Jerry Rothstein, CEO and COO of pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU), respectively, took part in a mission to Israel for Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut. StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein (far left); Jerry Rothstein, COO of StandWithUs (far right); and StandWithUs Israel Executive Director Michael Dickson (center) met with […]

Israeli Culture, Food and Music at Celebrate Israel Festival

Jewish Journal Ryan Torok 5/15/2019 Although Israel’s 71st anniversary officially was May 9, you can still celebrate all things Israel this Sunday, May 19, at the Israeli-American Council’s (IAC) annual Celebrate Israel Festival at the Cheviot Hills Park and Recreation Center in Rancho Park on the Westside. The festival, now in its eighth year under […]

Harvard satirical publication apologizes for sexualized Anne Frank bikini photo

JNS/Jewish News Syndicate Jackson Richman The Harvard Lampoon, Harvard University’s student-run satirical newspaper, has apologized for publishing over the weekend a sexualized photo of Anne Frank in a bikini. “Gone Before Her Time: Virtual Aging Technology Shows Us What Anne Frank Would Have Looked Life if She Hadn’t Died,” stated the text above the edited […]

Fla. Gov. Ron DeSantis to sign campus anti-Semitism bill, possibly on trip to Israel

Campus Reform Adam Sabes 5/15/2019 Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has indicated that he will sign a bill aimed at combating anti-Semitism in public education, and it could occur during his planned trip to Israel later in the month. DeSantis made this statement during a trip in Miami Gardens, Fla. The bill would bar discrimination […]