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CSU Long Beach passes Israel divestment resolution; UCSB votes against resolution
Ryan Torok
May 12, 2017
Why Santa Barbara Hillel’s largest donor is the Jewish Federation of … Boston
Jared Sichel
March 4, 2015
Rabbi Evan Goodman, executive director of UC Santa Barbara’s Hillel, was concerned when annual funding allocations from The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles were cut year after year, beginning in 2011. But he wasn’t surprised.
Fraternity conclave focuses on hate crimes, security
Ryan Torok
February 11, 2015
A security consultant working for the primarily Jewish college fraternity Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) — the target of numerous hate crimes across the country, most recently at UC Davis, where members awoke Jan. 31 to find two swastikas spray painted on their house — was among those who addressed more than 800 of the fraternity’s members during a Feb. 6-8 conclave in Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara Hillel supports students in wake of shootings
Ryan Torok
May 27, 2014
Approximately 40 UC Santa Barbara students sought comfort and grief counseling at the Santa Barbara Hillel on May 24, the day after Elliot Rodger, 22, killed six students and injured 13 more.
California community mourns victims of killing spree
Jewish Journal
May 27, 2014
Hundreds gathered at a memorial service on Sunday night to mourn six young people killed two nights earlier by a gunman in a California college town.
Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine
Jewish Journal
May 13, 2013
Over the last month the UC Santa Barbara student government has been voting on a resolution to divest from companies doing business with Israel.
Berkeley students vote to divest from Israel latest in a UC string
Tom Tugend
April 18, 2013
UC Berkeley student senators approved a bill on Thursday calling for the University of California system to divest of stock in American companies that provide technological and weapon support used by the Israeli military in the Palestinian territories.
Cliffhanger divestment vote at UC Santa Barbara
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2013
A 13-hour marathon meeting at the UC Santa Barbara student senate lasted through the night of April 10-11, culminating in a cliffhanger vote to deny an anti-Israel divestment resolution.
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