California school board members accused of antisemitism during contentious meeting
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Food Santa Cruz Is Introduced To Kosher Food — And It’s Unlike Any You’ve Ever Eaten
What do you get when you mix a kosher food wasteland, a Nigerian convert to Judaism and vegan cuisine? No, that isn’t the set-up to a bad joke: Nigerian-born Akindele Bankole just opened the only kosher restaurant in Santa Cruz, California, a vegan eatery called Veg on the Edge. According to an article by Alix…
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Fast Forward Santa Cruz Students Back Israel ‘Occupation’ Divestment by 22-14 Vote
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…
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Opinion Why I Filed Title VI Complaint
Mark Yudof, president of the University of California, claims that two federal complaints against his university, alleging a hostile environment for Jewish students, are without merit. While expressing general support for the recent extension of the provisions of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act to include Jewish students, Yudof does not believe that…
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