The Berkeley Boycott Exchange, Part 1: Berkeley Showed BDS the Door

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on May 7, 2013

BDS campaign spreads with little effect

By Tom Tugend
Published on April 24, 2013

The multinational boycott campaign targeting Israel, aimed at stopping the country’s perceived injustices against Palestinians, has a venerable history, but the movement showed a new spurt of activism this month.

Cal-Berkeley student senate passes divestment measure

Published on April 18, 2013

A student senate at the University of California, Berkeley narrowly passed a measure calling on the school to divest from three companies with dealings in the West Bank.

Berkeley student senate passes divestment bill SB 160 11-9

Published on April 18, 2013

In a dramatic vote that was emotional for all sides, the ASUC Senate voted 11-9 to divest from companies affiliated with Israel’s military early Thursday morning.

For California mountain man, road to God runs through kosher wine

Published on February 1, 2013

Producing wine atop a tranquil mountain in a remote area of northern California is quite a way to make a living. For Benyamin Cantz, whose one-man operation in the hills of Santa Cruz produces kosher wine from organic grapes, it's also a calling.

U.S. civil rights office probing claims of anti-Semitism at UC Berkeley

Published on October 8, 2012

The civil rights office of the U.S. Department of Education opened an investigation into allegations of anti-Semitism at the University of California, Berkeley.

For Shavuot, Bay Area Jews head to the wilderness

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on May 23, 2012

Most Jews around the world observe Shavuot in the relative comfort of their synagogues and homes. Not so for Wilderness Torah, a Berkeley-based nonprofit.

Browns pick Schwartz in NFL draft

Published on May 2, 2012

The second round of the NFL draft was not 30 minutes old when the phone rang in the Schwartz home on the afternoon of April 27.

Univ. of California president defends Farrakhan appearance on campus

Published on March 12, 2012

University of California President Mark Yudof defended Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan's right to speak at the university's Berkeley campus.

Anti-Semitic harassment suit at UC Berkeley is dismissed

Published on December 26, 2011

A federal court dismissed a lawsuit filed by two Jewish students against the University of California, Berkeley, alleging that the school did not protect them from anti-Semitic attacks.

Berkeley Hillel leaders urge students to reconsider J Street rejection

Published on December 12, 2011

Hillel leaders at the University of California, Berkeley, are urging the Jewish Student Union on campus to reconsider its rejection of J Street’s campus affiliate.

Berkeley’s Jewish student union says ‘no’ to J Street U

Published on December 7, 2011

U.C. Berkeley’s Jewish Student Union includes groups such as Challah for Hunger, Bears for Israel and the Jewish Business Association.

Colleges reminded of legal duty to prevent harassment

Published on September 8, 2011

An Israeli civil rights group has sent letters to 150 U.S. college presidents reminding them of their legal obligations to prevent the harassment of Jewish students on their campuses.

At Berkeley campus, Jewish students on far left and far right on Israel talk about their motivations

Published on March 7, 2011

It’s March, which means the days get longer and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict heats up on campuses across North America with the annual staging of Israel Apartheid Week. Last year, pro-Israel activists countered Apartheid Week events ranging from anti-Israel speeches to the staging of mock Israeli army checkpoints with pro-Israel events on 28 campuses highlighting Israel’s diversity and progressive character. This year, more campuses are expected to join in.

UC Berkeley Gets Institute for Jewish Law and Israel

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on February 24, 2011

Less than a year after the student government at the University of California, Berkeley fell one vote short of pushing through a bill to divest from American companies providing materials to the Israeli military, UC Berkeley’s School of Law on Thursday, Feb. 24, announced the launch of a new institute to advance the study of Jewish Law and of Israel on campus.

Divestment bill vetoed at Berkeley

Published on March 25, 2010

The student government president at the University of California vetoed a bill calling for divestment from two companies doing business with Israel.

Will Smelko, the president of the Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley, shot down the bill Wednesday, the Daily Californian reported. The association's Senate had passed the bill last week by a 16-4 margin.

University of California reportedly endorses divestment

Published on March 18, 2010

The student government at the University of California, Berkeley reportedly endorsed a divestment bill.

The Associated Students of the University of California, Berkeley passed the bill by a wide margin early Thursday morning, it was reported.

VIDEO: Hebrew U and Berkeley scientists perfect tech for medical imagery via cell phones

Published on June 9, 2008

A team at Hebrew University and Berkeley have designed a system to transfer medical images via cell phone.

Berkeley Donors Linked to Terrorists

By Rachel Pomerance
Published on May 8, 2003

Funders of UC Berkeley's Center for Middle Eastern Studies have links to Al-Qaeda, according to a campus Jewish newspaper.