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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Berkeley

University of Southern California protesters fight with University Public Safety officers as they try to remove tents at the campus' Alumni Park during a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel occupation in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Richard Vogel/AP)
April 25, 2024, 9:02 pm
A look at Gaza war protests that have emerged at US colleges, campus by campus
Dozens arrested as students from Massachusetts to California gather for rowdy rallies, which some Jewish students say have veered into antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Ron Hassner, chair of the Israel studies program at the University of California, Berkeley, is holding a one-man sit-in in his office to press the university to better address tensions among students heightened by the Israel-Hamas war. (Courtesy Hassner via JTA)
March 13, 2024, 12:46 am
An Israel studies professor at Berkeley is staging a sit-in for his Jewish students
Ron Hassner tells pupils he won’t leave his office until the school takes sufficient steps to protect them amid intense anti-Israel protests during the ongoing Gaza war
By JTA and ToI Staff
A mobile billboard hired by Accuracy in Media accusing Berkeley student leaders of antisemitism, in Texas. (Courtesy/Accuracy in Media)
January 19, 2023, 1:34 am
US group dispatches mobile ‘antisemite’ billboards to homes of anti-Israel students
Provocative political outfit Accuracy in Media targets neighborhoods of Berkeley Law School organizers whose groups banned Zionist speakers, sparking uproar
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: The University of California campus in Berkeley, California, on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)
December 15, 2022, 10:36 pm
US government opens antisemitism probe after ‘Jew-free zones’ alleged at UC Berkeley
Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights says it will investigate claims by pro-Israel advocates that the school failed to address antisemitism among students
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative: The University of California campus in Berkeley, California, on March 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu,File)
October 4, 2022, 6:59 pm
Leading US Jewish groups blast Berkeley Law school amid anti-Zionism uproar
Furor erupts after 9 student groups ban pro-Israel speakers in latest antisemitism controversy to roil US campuses; Jewish leaders at college decry ‘panic-mongering’
By Luke Tress
Campers from Camp Kee Tov, Congregation Beth El's Jewish summer camp, paint planks for the perimeter fence at the YSA Tiny House Village in Oakland, California on August 4, 2020. (courtesy Sally Hindman)
November 30, 2020, 4:42 am
Homeless youth build America’s 1st Tiny House shelter village
32 congregations from all faiths in the Bay Area, including 6 synagogues, work to build the nation’s first shelter community for youth
By Melanie Lidman
Rasmea Yousef Odeh, November 10, 2014. (AP/Carlos Osorio, File)
February 12, 2020, 11:43 pm
UC Berkeley student gov’t won’t condemn display featuring Palestinian terrorists
University committee vetoes 4-1 resolution to condemn exhibition celebrating three women convicted of terror attacks against Israelis
By Marcy Oster
The University of California, Berkeley (Charlie Nguyen/Flickr, CC BY 2.0 via JTA)
February 6, 2020, 3:21 pm
Israel, Palestinian backers scuffle at U of California student government meet
Skirmish causes postponement of vote on resolution condemning a display by a pro-Palestinian student group which includes photos of convicted terrorists described as ‘leaders’
By Marcy Oster
Jewish conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. (Screenshot)
September 9, 2017, 5:34 pm
UC Berkeley offers counseling ahead of talk by Jewish conservative
Ben Shapiro calls school’s offer, in letter outlining heightened security measures over speech, ‘total insanity’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators clash during a free speech rally Sunday, Aug. 27, 2017, in Berkeley, Calif. (AP Photo/Josh Edelson)
August 28, 2017, 5:21 am
Black-clad anarchists storm Berkeley rally, assaulting 5
Over 100 hooded protesters bust through police lines at free speech gathering, attack leader of a politically conservative group
By Paul Elias and Jocelyn Gecker
31-year-old Lea Heitfeld shares an apartment with 95-year-old Holocaust survivor Ben Stern. (Courtesy)
May 12, 2017, 11:19 pm
Odd couple: The Holocaust survivor who shares a flat with the granddaughter of Nazis
When 95-year-old Ben Stern got a call from 31-year-old Lea Heitfeld about becoming flatmates, he kept an open mind. After all, she is a Jewish Studies grad student
By Lisa Klug
A Trump supporter runs at protesters while being pepper sprayed at a "Patriots Day" free speech rally on April 15, 2017 in Berkeley, California. (Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images/AFP)
April 16, 2017, 8:43 am
21 arrested in California as Trump supporters, opponents clash
Two injured from tear gas and pepper spray when fights break out during march in Berkeley; further arrests expected
By AFP
At 76, longtime activists Shoshana Dembitz, seated, center left, and Abigail Grafton, seated, center right, married in El Cerrito, Calif., on June 27. The ceremony was officiated by Rabbi Diane Elliot, seated left, and her husband, Rabbi Burt Jacobson. (Lea Delson via JTA)
July 8, 2016, 11:40 pm
Wedding of lesbian firebrands, both 76, is a celebration of Jewish and ‘Aquarian’ traditions
After 18 years together, Shoshana Dembitz and Abigail Grafton are enjoying their right to make their relationship official
By Alix Wall
Jeff Morgan keeps an eye on the grapes for his kosher wines at the Covenant Winery in Berkeley, California (Steve Goldfinger)
January 1, 2016, 6:01 am
Wine of the ‘Covenant’ finally found — in California
Vintner Jeff Morgan’s Covenant Winery is known for producing some of the world’s best kosher vinos, and tasty recipes to boot
By Lisa Klug
Illustrative photo of UC Berkeley (photo credit: CC image)
October 23, 2015, 5:46 am
Berkeley panel rejects Israel divestment resolution
Community action commission votes down proposal to divest from companies working with Israel
By JTA
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