California school-board trustees teach hate, division and hypocrisy When done right, an ethnic-studies curriculum promotes mutual understanding, respect and democratic values. Mitch Siegler and Sara E. Brown May 9, 2025
California district renews contract with ethnic-studies group accused of Jew-hatred During an April 16 board meeting, a trustee of the public school district said that Jews are “historically” wealthy. Izzy Salant April 30, 2025
US Ed Depart starts records request into Berkeley for foreign disclosures The move comes one week after the department initiated a similar look into Harvard University. April 25, 2025
Kneecap, Green Day target Israel at Coachella Performers accuse the Jewish state of genocide and criticize U.S. support. April 20, 2025
US pulls visas from more than 30 additional international students “Every time I find one of these lunatics, I take away their visas,” the U.S. Secretary of State said of foreign visitors supporting terrorist organizations. April 7, 2025
Berkeley enabling violent Jew-hatred, per federal civil rights complaint The school "utterly failed to take the steps reasonably necessary to protect Jewish students on their campus," Yael Lerman, of StandWithUs, told JNS. JNS Staff March 18, 2025
ADL, Benesch Law sue California cafe for denying service to Jewish customer “At its base, this is a case in point of where antisemitism and the fight against antisemitism stand in this country,” said Dave Hopkins, senior managing associate at Benesch Law’s office in Cleveland. March 7, 2025
California public school district settles lawsuit, agrees to retool antisemitic ethnic-studies courses “We want to make sure that people know that antisemitism, anti-Zionism and anti-Israel material have no place in our K-12 classes and curriculum,” James Pasch, an ADL vice president, told JNS. Izzy Salant Feb. 21, 2025
California calendar marks ‘New Year of the Trees’ Tu B’Shevat has been included in the “Glorious Redwoods Forest” wall calendar for years—at least since 2018, the organization’s centennial. Carin M. Smilk Feb. 11, 2025
