A Silicon Valley student admitted that he intentionally slipped an anti-Semitic slur into his high school’s yearbook. The student at Monta Vista High School in Cupertino, Calif., altered the name of an Israeli Jewish classmate in a team photo caption so the last three letters spelled the word “jew,” according to the San Jose Mercury…
A federal appeals court has revived a New York City woman’s lawsuit to force a California museum to return two life-size panels by German Renaissance artist Lucas Cranach the Elder that were looted by the Nazis during World War II. By a 2-1 vote, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday said Marei…
Mel Brooks Ate Here! If the booths at Kate Mantilini could talk, they’d have plenty of Jewish stories to tell./Image courtesy of Kate Mantilini restaurant.* (Reuters) — The din of voices haggling over movies and pitching TV series, as familiar as the trademark meatloaf and grilled salmon, will soon disappear from Kate Mantilini, the Beverly…
A Jewish UCLA student active in pro-Israel advocacy is expected to be named to the University of California regents board following his nomination by a special committee. Abraham (Avi) Oved was nominated to the post last month by a special board of regents panel, the Los Angeles Times reported. If Oved’s selection is confirmed by…
The University of California, Santa Cruz student government passed a resolution calling for divestment from companies involved in alleged human rights abuses against Palestinians in the West Bank. The non-binding resolution calls on the university to divest from companies that including Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar, Hewlett Packard and General Electric which profit from alleged violations of…
(Reuters) — A California couple who found a $10 million cache of 19th century gold coins in their back yard will put most of them on sale on Tuesday, auctioning what experts believe to be the largest trove of buried treasure yet unearthed in North America. The couple, who have remained anonymous, found the coins while…
A student-run judicial body at UCLA found that two former student government representatives did not violate conflict-of-interest rules in accepting sponsored trips to Israel. The Judicial Board for the Undergraduate Students Association ruled Thursday in favor of Sunny Singh and Lauren Rogers, who had taken trips to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the…
The heads of UCLA and the University of California system criticized a student-led pledge that urged candidates for student government to refuse trips to Israel sponsored by certain pro-Israel groups. In a statement emailed Friday to students, staff and faculty, UCLA Chancellor Gene Block said the pledge was protected speech under the First Amendment, but…
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