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Aaron Bandler is an award-winning national reporter at JNS based in Los Angeles. Originally from the San Francisco Bay Area, he worked for nearly eight years at the Jewish Journal, and before that, at the Daily Wire.

The public school’s hiring gave “approbation to ideological indoctrination, not promoting intellectual curiosity,” Daniel Mariaschin, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS.
“We are hopeful this ruling emboldens UCLA in its interactions with the Trump administration,” Claudia Polsky, an attorney for the plaintiffs, told JNS.
Annette Lidawer, the Highland Park City Council member who introduced the bill, called it “true landmark legislation.”
Rabbi Levi Shemtov, who founded the GW Chabad, told JNS that the university hasn’t handled Jew-hatred well since Oct. 7 but is making improvements.
Tamar Nissim, Los Angeles regional director for the nonprofit, told JNS that some staffers didn’t show up to work, because they were afraid.
“It’s a stunning, insane story,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus, legal director of The Deborah Project, told JNS.
Daniel Mariaschin, CEO of B’nai B’rith International, told JNS that the university system president’s “bureaucratic statement is insufficient.”
Rory Lancman, of the Brandeis Center, told JNS that the decision is “significant” since it draws “some clear lines in the sand.”