Let’s get on offense vs. BDS The rising tide of BDS resolutions in academic and professional associations (“Another S.F. labor group considering BDS resolution against Israel,” July 27) and the increasing antisemitic attacks from both the left and right need to be confronted in a coordinated effort by Israel and Jewish communities. However, playing defense alone…
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Local Voice
It’s ethnic studies in universities that need watching
While California’s Jewish community has been focused on how ethnic studies curricula and legislation will affect Jewish children in K-12, far too little…
U.S.
ADL and Hillel announce plan to combat campus antisemitism
Whether it’s documenting antisemitism at colleges or getting into scraps on social media, young Jewish students have been feeling the need to fight…
Education
L.A. teachers working to quash a union BDS vote say they’re winning
An intense campaign to derail a Los Angeles teachers’ union resolution supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel is…
Israel
Ben & Jerry’s board chair: ‘I am not anti-Semitic’
One week after Ben & Jerry’s announced that it would stop selling ice cream in the “Occupied Palestinian Territory,” the company’s board chair…
Opinion
Ben & Jerry’s meltdown exposes split between Jews in U.S. and Israel
Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop distributing its products in West Bank settlements has unleashed a head-swirling discourse about BDS, ice cream and…
Politics
5 states consider sanctions on Ben & Jerry’s after West Bank pullout
It has been a question insiders have posed all week: Could Ben & Jerry’s decision to stop selling its ice cream in the West Bank trigger many or all…
Letters
Freeze out Ben & Jerry's; Critical race theory is futile; etc.
Teachers’ BDS stand is illegal Reading your recent report on the vote of the San Francisco teachers (“After S.F. teachers’ union vote on Israel, others…
Editorial
Ben & Jerry's should have thought harder before starting 'cold' war
You’re deep in the frozen-food aisle, standing in front of a gleaming, 6-foot-tall freezer stocked with pints of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream in devilishly…