Tag: California
California lawyer under fire after calling for genocide of Jews on social media
A California lawyer has come under fire from Jewish groups for making genocidal claims against Jews on social media.
In past Twitter posts, the lawyer, Farhad Khorasani, claimed that Israel is “the main enemy of...
Gov. Newsom vetoes California ethnic-studies bill requiring high school anti-Israel curriculum
California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement.
Newsom, a Democrat, cited the ongoing pushback over the curriculum for why he vetoed the measure, AB-331.
“I value...
80 groups call on California governor to veto high school ethnic-studies bill
Eighty groups have called on California Gov. Gavin Newsom to veto a bill that would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement.
California’s Department of Education released its recommendations to revise the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model...
13 ways Israel is helping the world fight forest fires
This year alone, Australia battled its largest-ever bushfire, California has more than 500 blazes burning, many of them mega-fires, and forest fires have been reported in 14 other U.S. states. In August, Argentina registered 8,493...
Revised California ethnic-studies curriculum draft ‘deeply problematic,’ still ‘exclusionary’
California’s Department of Education released its recommendations to revise the state’s proposed ethnic-studies model curriculum at the end of July, as the original draft curriculum had come under fire for containing anti-Semitic and anti-Israel content, in...
Former Chabad of Poway rabbi pleads guilty to federal charges of fraud, tax evasion
Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, the former leader of Chabad of Poway in Southern California, was among several defendants who pled guilty in federal court on Tuesday to charges of fraud related to a multimillion-dollar tax-evasion...
Pomona College senior-class president posts anti-Semitic statements on social media
The senior class president at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif., posted anti-Semitic content on social media, comparing racism to the Holocaust and accusing Zionists of hating brown people.
In an Instagram post, Malak Afaneh, a...
California police investigate toppled fountain attached to Holocaust memorial
A Holocaust memorial fountain in Santa Rosa, Calif., was vandalized this week.
The fountain at Santa Rosa Memorial Park was “toppled onto the ground in pieces,” reported The Santa Rosa Press Democrat.
The memorial was built in 2016 by...
Biden marks year after Poway shooting, releases plan to address hate crimes
Former U.S. Vice President and presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden honored the one-year anniversary of the shooting at Chabad of Poway in Southern California, where a 60-year-old Lori Kaye was killed and three others injured on April 27,...
First yahrtzeit of Chabad of Poway shooting victim observed in solitude
For thousands of synagogues across America, Passover marked the first time in history that their doors were closed for Yizkor. For Chabad of Poway in Southern California, it was the second time.
One year ago, as...