Tag: California
US investigating Chapman University over alleged Title VI violation
The U.S. Department of Education opened a civil rights investigation of Chapman University, a private school in Orange, Calif., for allegedly failing to take action to protect Jews on its campus.
The department’s Office for...
Santa Monica College professors assign ‘anti-Israel propaganda’
Professors at Santa Monica College required students to adopt antisemitic views in their assignments, according to StandWithUs.
“Your students are so afraid of retaliation from SMC administration, faculty and other students that they have asked to remain...
Los Angeles man sentenced to 43 months for stalking Jewish woman
Andre Morrow Lackner, 35, was sentenced to more than three and a half years in prison for stalking a Jewish woman and making antisemitic and anti-Asian threats, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central...
Lawsuit: Jews endure ‘pervasive ostracization’ at California College of Arts
Soon after Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in southern Israel, professors and students at California College of Arts trumpeted “Decolonization is not a dinner party,” alleges Karen Fiss, a professor at the San Francisco...
At JPAC California summit, state leaders vow support for Jewish community
Some 500 Jewish leaders, community members and college students from across the state of California turned out to the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC) Capitol Summit, held at the Sheraton Grand Hotel...
Rep. Schiff: ‘Misguided, repugnant’ for ICC to seek warrants for Israeli leaders
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) denounced the International Criminal Court’s efforts to arrest Israeli leaders in a statement on Monday.
“The ICC announcement today is not only misguided and repugnant, it is also a terrible overreach of the...
LA county’s district attorney launches interfaith advisory board
The office of LA County District Attorney George Gascón announced on March 14 the formation of its first Interfaith Advisory Board, which includes five rabbis.
The participants include Rabbi Sharon Brous, senior and founding rabbi at IKAR...
Professor ends ‘sleep-in’ protest of Jew-hatred after Berkeley agrees to requests
Ron Hassner, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who has attracted national coverage by sleeping in his office to protest antisemitism on campus, announced on Thursday that the university had agreed to...
Former California rideshare driver charged with anti-Jewish assault
The U.S. Justice Department unsealed an indictment on Wednesday alleging that the former rideshare driver Csaba John Csukás, 38, assaulted a person he perceived to be Jewish or Israeli.
Per a Justice Department release, Csukás was...
Orthodox Jew reportedly killed in San Diego area shooting
One person was killed and two were injured in a shooting at a dental practice in El Cajon, Calif., some 15 miles from San Diego. The shooter, reportedly a former patient, is in custody.
The...