Attempted divestment at UCSB and the BDS machine

Published on 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.

April 19, 2013

By Shmuel Rosner
Published on April 19, 2013

Berkeley students vote to divest from Israel latest in a UC string

By Tom Tugend
Published on 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.

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.

Three UC student governments endorse BDS

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on March 20, 2013

In the first two weeks of March, student governments at two University of California campuses — UC Riverside and UC San Diego (UCSD) — voted to approve resolutions urging their campus administrations and the University of California as a whole to divest from companies doing business in the West Bank.

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.

American Jews need J Street

Published on February 29, 2012

As founders and leaders of J Street U college and university chapters, we expected the hardest part of our work to be confronting issues on campus like divestment at UC Berkeley, an unwillingness to engage with Israel at Occidental, or a polarized conversation at UCLA that had grown toxic after years of enmity.

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.