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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 co-author of the K-12 law told JNS that “this attempt to undermine crucial safety protections for Jewish children at a time when antisemitic hate and violence is rampant and rising is breathtaking.”
“Nobody was going to engage with me, or even talk to me, or not just throw me in some bucket if I wasn’t willing to say that,” the lawmaker said.
Kurt Schwartz, of CAMERA, told JNS that the professor got off with a “slap on the wrist” and that the public school is “effectively facilitating the hostile atmosphere that Jewish students face on UC campuses.”
David Englin, of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS that “we are grateful for the seriousness with which the Redlands Police Department conducted their investigation.”
“Every single dollar given by our adversaries comes with strings attached,” Rep. Tim Walberg told JNS. “Enough is enough.”
The focus is “on making sure students can go to school without fear of harassment or intimidation,” George Hruza, a Republican state representative, told JNS.
“Thank God, people are safe, but we’ve lost these memories and this place that meant so much to so many generations in our community, and it really was a community hub,” Melissa Levy, of Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center, told JNS.
“Jewish students should be able to have an education free from bias and discrimination,” David Bocarsly, of the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California, told JNS.
“For the first time, the district is acknowledging that it discriminated against Jews and Israelis,” a lawyer for the Oakland Jewish Alliance told JNS.