— The California State Assembly voted 60-0 on Tuesday to send an anti-BDS bill to the governor for approval, a week after the Senate passed it. The bill, which the Senate passed in a 34-1 vote on Aug. 24, differed from its original version introduced in April by Assemblyman Richard Bloom, a Santa Monica Democrat, The Jewish Journal…
LOS ANGELES –A burglar targeted the Rohr Chabad Jewish Student Center at the University of Southern California, making off with three sets of tefillin, two computers, a video projector and other valuables. The burglar, whose image was caught on a security camera, entered the Chabad house, located near the USC campus in central Los Angeles,…
— A Jewish overnight camp in Southern California will cut short its first session by several days due to a salmonella outbreak. Moshava California, a Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles overnight camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, said it will end the session on Thursday rather than Sunday on instruction from the Department of Environmental…
Actor Rob Lowe alleged that an elected member of a California state board made a slur against Jews during a private meeting over a tax issue. Lowe made the allegation last week over comments made last year by Board of Equalization member Jerome Horton following the board’s decision to lower the income tax Lowe owed…
(JTA) — Is Brian Levin a hero? It depends who you ask. For three long minutes on Saturday, Levin was all that stood between an angry, violent mob and some Ku Klux Klan demonstrators in Anaheim, California, in Levin’s retelling of the episode. A former New York Police Department officer who is now director of…
A Jewish attorney and scholar who tracks extremist groups is being credited with saving three Ku Klux Klan members at an anti-immigration rally in Southern California that turned violent. Brian Levin, director of the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism at California State University, San Bernardino, was filming Saturday’s rally in Anaheim when…
A bill squarely aimed at countering the effectiveness of the anti-Israel Boycott, Sanctions and Divestment movement, or BDS, was introduced in the California legislature. If adopted, the bill introduced on Monday would forbid the California state government from contracting with companies “engaging in boycotts based on race, color, religion, gender or nationality.” Republican Assemblyman Travis…
The University of California system held a public forum to discuss modifying a proposed statement of “principles against intolerance.” The proposed statement condemns bias, violence, threats and hate speech based on race, ethnicity, religion, citizenship, sex or sexual orientation, but makes no specific mention of anti-Semitism. About 90 people commented on the statement during a…
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