UCLA Chancellor: Last Night’s Violence “A Dark Chapter In Our Campus’s History”
Aaron Bandler
May 1, 2024
Gene Block promised to restore “a safe learning environment” at the Westwood campus.
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May 1, 2024
A History of a Pivotal Era in Palestine Wins a Top Jewish Book Prize
Andrew Silow-Carroll, JTA
May 1, 2024
The book focuses on the period between 1936 and 1939, when Arabs living under the British Mandate rose up against a swelling Jewish population and the Brits in charge.
Stephen Wise Temple Trustees Demand Immediate Action Against Antisemitism at Loyola Law School
Brian Fishbach
May 1, 2024
Temple members, including several Loyola Law School alumni, call the school’s initial response to the incident “extremely tepid.”
UCLA Cancels Classes Following Night of Violence
Aaron Bandler
May 1, 2024
“More than two hours of clashes passed with no uniformed campus police or LAPD officers on scene,” ABC7 reported. No arrests were made.
UCLA Student Eli Tsives on Standing Up to Campus Antisemitism
Ayala Or-El
May 1, 2024
A recording of Tsives confronting pro-Palestinian protesters blocking his way onto campus has gone viral.
Columbia Then and Now: Lessons for Today’s Jewish Protesters from Nazi Germany’s Notorious Columbia Concentration Camp
Ron Galperin
May 1, 2024
History is replete with Jews, and persons of Jewish ancestry, being our own worst enemies.
The Screams in the Thicket
Kathleen Hayes
May 1, 2024
There’s a sense of being in the thicket again, screaming while an indifferent — or worse — crowd walks on.
From a Young Jew
Noah Mamet
May 1, 2024
“Why must I be Jewish in today’s world?” Amidst the ongoing conflict in Israel, with antisemitism once again on the rise, this question is beginning to worm into the minds of a new generation of young Jews.
Not My Father’s Antisemitism
Lisa Ansell
May 1, 2024
Today, what we are witnessing on college campuses across the nation is an entirely new breed of the old antisemitic tropes that have waxed and waned on the battlefield of the American academy.
Anti-Israel Protesters Demand the Censorship of Knowledge They Don’t Like
Dr. Sharon Nazarian
May 1, 2024
Last week, anti-Israel protesters descended onto UCLA’s campus, set up “encampments” and posted their demands to the University’s leadership.
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