Tag: California
‘I got hot for nine holes,’ says pro-am champ of Amex golf tourney
Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif., on Jan. 21. He competed in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky is a Jewish recreational golfer...
Muslim academics spew antisemitism in Texas, Southern California
In Friday sermons streamed live on YouTube, two men let loose with a broad variety of Jew-hating invective.
Ghaith Arodaki, who identifies as an entrepreneur and recently graduated from San Jose State University, spoke on Dec. 29 for...
Attacker of Jewish couple in Beverly Hills on Shabbat faces multiple charges
Prosecutors have charged Jarris Jay Silagi, 44, with multiple crimes following his alleged attack on Dec. 9 against a Jewish couple walking on Shabbat to their synagogue in Beverly Hills, Calif., saying it was an act...
The race after Feinstein
In the days after Senator Dianne Feinstein’s death, the California political community’s attention has been divided between commemorating Feinstein’s remarkable career and speculating about who Governor Gavin Newsom would appoint as her replacement.
The mourning...
With Feinstein’s death, pro-Israel Senate makeup may be in jeopardy, experts say
The late Dianne Feinstein is often described as a fierce supporter of Israel throughout her more than 30 years serving as a California senator.
The Democrat was proud of her “strong Jewish heritage” and did...
Jewish groups sue California school district, alleging antisemitic ethnic-studies curricula
The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Potomac Law Group filed a lawsuit against the Santa Ana Unified School District and its education board late on Friday.
The...
‘Too little, too late,’ on keeping antisemitism out of California ethnic studies
The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California organized a letter to state leaders in late June decrying antisemitic content that was reportedly finding its way into California’s ethnic-studies curricula, which the state will require...
Report: ‘Radical roots’ of California ethnic-studies curriculum
Two radical organizations dominated by “ideological perspectives that are hostile to American democratic ideals” are behind California’s ethnic studies curriculum. The state will require the curriculum starting with the 2030 high school graduating class.
That’s...
Celebrating Israel’s big birthday in Beverly Hills
At the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills last week, more than 1,500 people gathered to recognize 75 years since the establishment of the modern-day State of Israel on May 14, 1048.
Supported by the Consulate...
41% increase in antisemitic incidents in a single year in California
While antisemitism rates have risen across the country in recent years, a new report from the Anti-Defamation League documents just how high of a jump California has seen.
In 2021, there were 367 antisemitic incidents. In 2022,...