Education Dept. probes Jew-hatred at Columbia, Berkeley, Northwestern, Portland State, Minnesota “This is exactly the right step to be taking and the right time to be taking it,” stated Kenneth Marcus, of the Brandeis Center. “The cavalry has arrived.” JNS Staff Feb. 3, 2025
Rothman: Israeli far left using hostages’ plight for ‘petty politics’ Some Israelis have adopted "the playbook of the anti-Israel and pro-Hamas movement," the lawmaker said after activists shut down his speech at UC Berkeley. Akiva Van Koningsveld Sept. 29, 2024
‘UC Berkeley regents have no time to address Jew-hatred’ The “pervasive antisemitic climate” at the university “has only intensified” since a complaint was filed in federal court, the Brandeis Center says. July 21, 2024
Anti-Israel groups say they sparked recent fires at UC Berkeley The public university confirmed the two “small arson” fires and said that the incidents were being investigated. Joshua Marks June 17, 2024
Anti-Israel student activists disrupt Berkeley law dean’s dinner for graduates A week beforehand, the gathering received calls for a boycott while a political cartoon invoking an ancient blood libel. April 11, 2024
House committee probing Berkeley ‘disappointed’ by materials it sent “The committee was disappointed in the materials it received and is expecting future productions to be more productive,” a committee spokesman told JNS. David Swindle April 4, 2024
Backlash follows UC Berkeley student group posting blood-libel cartoon The image depicting Erwin Chemerinsky, the Jewish dean of the law school, holding bloody silverware was soon replaced. April 4, 2024
Jews called ‘Zionist pigs’ at Berkeley council meeting The antisemitic protesters also “repeatedly heckled” an 89-year-old Holocaust survivor, according to the Jewish Community Relations Council. March 31, 2024
Professor ends ‘sleep-in’ protest of Jew-hatred after Berkeley agrees to requests Ron Hassner told JNS there are plans for a national “sleep-in” in order to “banish antisemitism.” Melissa Langsam Braunstein March 21, 2024