Last fall, Berkeley’s Graduate Theological Union made history by inaugurating its first non-Christian president — an Orthodox-trained rabbi — to lead the esteemed consortium for the advanced study of religion. The ceremony took place on Oct. 24 at UC Berkeley’s International House, where Rabbi Daniel Lehmann delivered his inaugural address. The convocation, though conducted with…
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U.S.
Candidate who expressed support for BDS wins Missouri primary
Cori Bush, a civil rights activist who has expressed support for the boycott Israel movement, defeated a longtime pro-Israel incumbent in a Democratic…
Letters
Inequality in the burbs; JCCs need new funding model; etc.
Redress the inequities Hannah Lebovits’ opinion piece on white Jews moving to the suburbs (“White Jews fled to the suburbs. Black Americans could not.…
Opinion
Israel isn’t an excuse not to support Black Lives Matter
Take a moment and remember where you were when you first heard about the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I was in Tel Aviv getting…
Northern California
UC Davis student government president vetoes boycott Israel resolution
The president of the student government at the University of California, Davis, vetoed a resolution supporting the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions)…
Education
Ethnic studies model curriculum no longer includes BDS, state officials say
As conflict continues to flare up in the Bay Area and across the state surrounding a draft of an ethnic studies curriculum for public high schools — which…
Letters
Putting seniors at risk; most relevant Passover ever; BDS hypocrisy
Putting our seniors at risk As I read “S.F. Campus for Jewish Living ready to accept Covid-19 patients, per state order” (April 7), I could not help…
Analysis
The new Jewish left is the product of a peace process that failed
Every Jewish generation gets the peace movement it doesn’t think it deserves. In the 1970s it was Breira, a tiny group of dovish American Jews who thought…
U.S.
Linda Sarsour named a surrogate for Bernie Sanders' campaign
Controversial political activist Linda Sarsour has been named a surrogate for Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign. Sarsour, a Palestinian-American…