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.

The truth about UC Campuses

Published on March 8, 2012

Feb. 3 was a historic day for the University of California and its Hillels. On that day, UC President Mark Yudof met with all of the UC Hillel directors in his office in Oakland to discuss our observations regarding how Israel is faring on campus...

Israeli flag vandalized at California university

Published on March 8, 2012

An Israeli flag belonging to a Jewish student group was defaced with the word “terrorists” at the University of California, Riverside.

Inflammatory Charges…and Reality

By David A. Lehrer
Published on February 16, 2012

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.

Pro-Israel Voices Get Their Turn at UC Irvine

Published on June 1, 2010

The main student thoroughfare at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), was transformed into a Middle Eastern street festival last week as hundreds of students from diverse backgrounds gathered for iFest, a celebration of Israel organized by Anteaters for Israel, the campus’ pro-Israel student group, and other Jewish student organizations.

UC to reopen study in Israel; Brandeis offers summer prep program

Published on December 3, 2008

Officials at the University of California are talking with their counterparts at Hebrew University of Jerusalem about reopening the UC's study abroad program there for Fall 2009.

Quiet war on campus: Israel remains under attack despite fewer public protests

By Brad A. Greenberg
Published on August 21, 2008

While she worked bringing pro-Israel speakers and programs to campuses, Davoodi also built up quite a collection of fliers claiming Zionists are the new Nazis, that the 'Israel lobby' has hijacked American foreign policy and the Jewish state is built on a mounds of lies and Palestinian bones.

The Basketball Diaries

By Carin Davis
Published on March 7, 2002

Two standout Jewish hoop stars headlining the Pac-10 basketball tournament? It's all part of March Madness. David Bluthenthal, USC's 22-year-old small forward, and Amit Tamir, UC Berkeley's 22-year-old forward/center, each look to lead their team to the conference title at the March 7-9 tournament at Staples Center.