Posts Tagged: California
Pelosi Cites Israeli Poem in 1st Public Appearance Since Attack on Husband
i24 News - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday a violent attack on her husband highlighted the "fear" felt by poll workers and other...
Biden Takes Aim at Big Pharma, Republicans in California
US President Joe Biden criticized Republicans and drug companies during a stop at a California community college on Friday as he campaigned for fellow Democrats...
Bill Meant to Combat Hateful Online Content Passes California Legislature
The California State Assembly on Tuesday voted to approve a social media transparency bill following its passage in the senate the previous day, garnering praise...
US Supreme Court Hears Arguments Over Painting Stolen From Jewish Family by Nazis
The US Supreme Court heard arguments on Tuesday on a case involving a family’s generations-long attempt to retrieve artwork stolen by the Nazis in 1939. The...
Jewish Advocacy Group Criticizes California Governor Signing Bill Requiring Ethnic Studies in High School
A Jewish advocacy group on Friday strongly condemned California Governor Gavin Newsom’s signing of a law making the state the first to require an ethnic...
San Diego Community Colleges Address Union Resolution Condemning Israel, Offer ‘Sincere Thoughts’
The head of the San Diego Community College District responded on Wednesday to a controversial anti-Israel measure recently passed by its representative union, expressing "sincere...
Parole Recommended for Convicted RFK Assassin Sirhan Sirhan
A California review board on Friday recommended that Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian refugee serving a life sentence for assassinating US presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy...
Group of ‘Alarmed’ Holocaust Survivors, Descendants Press California Lawmakers on New Ethnic Studies Bill
Over 100 Holocaust survivors and their descendants issued an open letter on Thursday asking the California lawmakers to oppose a bill that would make ethnic...
The Tale of Two Ethnic Studies: A Case of Bait and Switch
When California lawmakers approved AB 2016, a landmark bill mandating the development of an ethnic studies model curriculum for high school students, they believed that teaching ethnic...
Why California’s Model Curriculum Fails Jews, and Jewish Students
California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC) is currently on its fourth draft, partially a result of its original antisemitic references, which were removed after Jewish...
Trump and Biden Clash Over US Wildfires as Campaign Turns to Climate Change
Joe Biden branded President Donald Trump a "climate arsonist" on Monday for refusing to acknowledge global warming's role in deadly wildfires sweeping the western United States, while...
US Records 1,000 Coronavirus Deaths for Fourth Day, Some Progress Seen
The United States recorded more than 1,000 deaths from COVID-19 for the fourth straight day on Friday, but a top White House advisor on the pandemic said she saw signs that the worst...
Former IDF Officer Speaks to Hundreds of California Students About Israel’s Humanitarian Aid to Syrians
A former Israel Defense Forces officer who led a humanitarian response to the bloody Syrian conflict recently spent a week touring university campuses in California,...
Ensuring Antisemitism Won’t Be Taught in California
On September 20, I had the incredible opportunity to go to the State Capitol in Sacramento and fight for a cause close to my heart. In...
