Education
He was one of the few professors at the University of Washington who encouraged and supported Jewish student activism, and as a result, many of his students became lifelong friends.
“This is not the West coming to enlighten the natives, so to speak. This is two different cultures, and they need to learn from each other,” says University of Haifa president Ron Robin.
Teachers taking on new subjects, students going part-time, parents concerned with space and schedules—like other countries, kinks in the system due to the ongoing coronavirus are starting to show.
Ronni Gamzu calls the rising number of COVID-19 cases a “disaster,” citing Arab-sector refusal to cooperate with Health Ministry directives.
High school seniors voted unanimously to have Miriam Schreiber be part of the graduating class of 2020.
California bill to require high school students to take ethnic studies passes committee
It will now go before the full Senate and then the State Assembly, and must pass before the Aug. 31 deadline.
“We are troubled that AB-1460 could lead to further exclusion of, and discrimination against, Jewish students on campus, exacerbating a pattern of isolation and ostracization of Jews that has become far too commonplace,” said AJC director of campus affairs Zev Hurwitz.
The Litvins are planning to provide two courses: One is a primer on Judaism, and the other will be a detailed class on what constitutes anti-Semitism and how to identify it.
“We are deeply concerned that without adequate safeguards, these courses could become vehicles for one-sided political advocacy and activism that will both subvert the academic mission of the university, and incite bigotry and harm against some CSU students,” they wrote.
“The materials fail to adequately discuss anti-Semitism—and characterize American Jews only in the context of how some have secured white privilege, which is misleading and erases the experience of a significant part of our community, including Middle Eastern and North African Jews, as well of other Jews of Color,” said Sarah Levin, executive director of JIMENA.
“The work paid off,” says Roi Peer of Gan Haim, who became the first Israeli competitor in a decade to win a gold medal.
“Very concerned that this offensive material was on a learning website,” tweeted Ontario Education Minister Stephen Lecce.
