L.A. teachers union votes to postpone Israel boycott motion indefinitely By Ben Sales, JTA Sep 24, 2021 Los Angeles’ main teachers union voted Thursday to indefinitely postpone a motion in favor of boycotting Israel. For months, the United Teachers of Los Angeles, which has approximately 30,000 members, has been debating a motion to support BDS, or the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel. The motion was first raised in the… Read More
Politics Bay Area reps unanimously support $1 billion in Iron Dome funding JTA contributed to this report. All of the Bay Area’s U.S. House members voted in favor of providing $1 billion in funding toward Israel’s Iron Dome… By Eliyahu Kamisher Sep 23, 2021
California Hate crime charges filed in fight with Jewish diners at LA restaurant Two men involved in a brawl at a Los Angeles restaurant in May, whose viral footage was widely viewed as an example of rising antisemitism during the… By Ben Sales, JTA Sep 23, 2021
Politics Two bills reflect split among Jewish Dems on Israel funding There were two groups of Jewish Democrats working Capitol Hill this week, each leveraging their Jewishness to advance what each believed to be a critical… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 23, 2021
California Poway synagogue shooter pleads guilty to 113 hate crimes charges The man who opened fire on a synagogue in Poway, California in 2019, killing one and injuring three, has pleaded guilty to a 113-count federal hate crime… By Ben Sales, JTA Sep 22, 2021
U.S. New Anne Frank Center aims to reshape racism education The red-brick Georgian-style home on a tree-lined street at the heart of the University of South Carolina campus has no signs out yet. It is as anonymous,… By Yonat Shimron, RNS Sep 20, 2021
Israel Benny Gantz: Israel is OK with Biden efforts to reenter Iran deal Israel will not oppose the Biden administration’s efforts to reenter the Iran nuclear deal but wants to see a credible “Plan B” to rally international… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 20, 2021
Sports Survey: 22% of adult Jewish gamers face antisemitism while playing More than one in five Jewish adults who play online multiplayer games faced antisemitism while playing, according to a new survey from the Anti-Defamation… By Ben Sales, JTA Sep 17, 2021
Politics A year later, the Abraham Accords draw a rare show of bipartisanship Jared Kushner had plenty of folks to praise at an event in Washington Tuesday marking the first anniversary of the Abraham Accords, the deals he brokered… By Ron Kampeas, JTA Sep 15, 2021