Task Force in Orange County will continue to monitor campus

Huntington Beach, CA – September 19, 2008 – The Orange County Independent Task Force on anti-Semitism will continue to monitor fresh allegations of ongoing anti-Semitic activity at The University of California, Irvine (UCI).  The Task Force consists of Jewish and non-Jewish members of the community, and includes current and former faculty members, religious and lay [...]

La Jolla says NO to new Hillel

Who needs enemies when we can find Jews who reject a new Hillel facility? Happy New Year!?
Planning group rejects Hillel plan
12:16 PM
By Dave Schwab – La Jolla Light
La Jolla Community Planning Association (LJCPA) members last week voted unanimously against a slightly retooled version of the Hillel project, the Jewish student center planned for a small [...]

SPLC: Anti-Semitism still a problem at UCI and other campuses

Anti-Semitism Goes to School
Hate on California, Oregon Campuses
By Sonia Scherr
Intelligence Report
Fall 2008
Malik Ali
Amir Abdel Malik Ali, who spoke at the University of California, Irvine, this spring at the invitation of the Muslim Student Union, trotted out a series of anti-Semitic canards. (Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism)
Half a century ago, American institutions of [...]

Kevin MacDonald topic of Community Meeting in Long Beach

Organized by the ADL and Professors from Jewish Studies – the issue of Kevin MacDonald is bigger than ever. No one in Long Beach wants a raving anti-Semite on campus who is loved by the neo-Nazi movement and White Power advocates. He should be terminated for good cause – conduct unbecoming a university professor off [...]

“Holocaust in Palestine” MSU at UCI again create a week targeting Jews and Israel

The first of a few posts on this year’s anti-Israel activities at the University of California – Irvine. Jewish students put up these signs to warn passersby. They were only up one day because of the strong winds. The winds also knocked down some of the MSU displays.

Muslim Students at Long Beach: Anti-Semitic skit and anti-Israel program

Israeli-Palestinian exhibit, skits draw crowds at Friendship Walk
The Muslim Student Association’s 26-panel display on the Israeli occupation of Palestine sparks debate between Jewish, Muslim students.
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
A 10-foot high, 26-panel wall was placed on Cal State Long Beach’s Friendship Walk Monday for the Muslim Student Association’s presentation of Checkpoint, the first a [...]

Walk The Land

The Afikim Foundation based in NY, in solidarity with Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael – aka the JNF abroad – has implemented a worldwide effort called Walk the Land in celebration of Israel’s 60th Anniversary. They hope to foster a sense of worldwide unity in support of Israel, and have already more than 100 cities [...]

Rabbi Yonah quoted in Jewish Journal about UCI

From this week’s LA Jewish Journal:

“There is great racism against Jewish students on college campuses within the Muslim student organizations. The speakers, the programs, the handouts are all indicative of a deep hatred of Israel and, in my opinion, of a very deep racist ideology,” Rabbi Yonah Bookstein, associate rabbi of [...]

Jewlicious Festival 4.0

Buy tickets for Jewlicious Festival 4.0
For Jewish Students and Young Professionals
Feb. 29-March 2, 2008 | Long Beach, CA
Jewlicious Festival is a gathering of the Tribe, a celebration of Jewnity, an innovative conference, an inspiring Shabbat experience, an event unlike any other weekend in Jewish history.
Tickets are limited, so don’t delay!
Tickets on sale now are [...]

Student Center vandalized

Chabad Center vandalized at University of Indiana 
 
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Nerves are high on the campus of Indiana University after the Jewish student center on campus was vandalized.Students lighted a menorah to celebrate the second night of Hanukkah Wednesday night at the Chabad House on East 7th Street, but images from the front of the building [...]