Jewish Journal Aaron Bandler 8/7/2019 Eighty-three Jewish and pro-Israel organizations urged the California Department of Education to implement “safeguards” in response to drafted anti-Israel ethnic studies high school curriculum. The organizations, which include the AMCHA Initiative, Simon Wiesenthal Center, StandWithUs and Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa, wrote in an August 7 …

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J. The Jewish NewsGabe Stutman 8/6/2019 “Ignored.” “Erased.” “Inexplicably snubbed.” A proposal by a state education committee for a high school course in ethnic studies is roiling Jewish groups from across the political spectrum. The concerns are that the draft — currently in a public comment phase — excludes Jews and Judaism from its discussion …

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(Sacramento, CA, August 2,2019) The Progressive Zionists of California (PZC) strongly opposes the anti-Israel bias and the exclusion of Jewish history—including Jews from the Middle East and North Africa and Former Soviet Union—from the Draft Ethnic Studies Model curriculum currently being considered by the California Department of Education. These shortcomings mean the curricula fails to …

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Dear Senator Warren: On July 15, 2019 Progressive Zionists of California (PZC) wrote an Open Letter to you highly critical of your hiring of Max Berger as Director of Progressive Partnerships. PZC believes that your campaign erred greatly in this choice. We believe the best decision is to ask Mr. Berger to step down from …

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JTA Ben Sales 7/29/2019 Days after Israeli ground troops invaded Gaza in 2014, a group of leftist millennial Jews gathered to plan a public protest of the military operation. The new group, which called itself IfNotNow, discussed a public demonstration in front of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an establishment Jewish …

Max Berger, an activist against Israel’s occupation, is an aide to Elizabeth Warren Read More »

Dear Friends, It is time to focus on building trust through people-to-people connections and cooperative ventures for the Israeli and Palestinian people, in order to foster conditions on the ground that will help make two states for two peoples possible. The Partnership Fund for Peace Act, H.R. 3104 and S. 1727 aims not just to …

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Jewish News of Northern California Editorial Board 6/13/2019 At a quick glance, the wrangling over several resolutions harshly critical of Israel at the California Democratic Party State Convention two weeks ago provided no huge fireworks. The matter was in committee and was dealt with in a civil and parliamentary manner. But make no mistake. These …

Fight over Israel in state Democratic Party made potent statement Read More »