‘The Challenge Attracted Me’: Julio Frenk Brings the Fight Against Campus Antisemitism to UCLA

‘The challenge attracted me’: Julio Frenk brings the fight against campus antisemitism to UCLA

Julio Frenk was sitting at a Miami Hurricanes football game on Oct. 7, 2023, when he learned the details of the terror attacks in Israel that killed 1,200 people and saw over 250 taken hostage. Frenk, a public health scholar and sociologist who was then the president of the University of Miami, knew immediately that he had to weigh in with an unequivocal condemnation of the violence. “I had no question that I had to respond and say something. It…

Rockingham Co. school board warns against antisemitism

School board members in Rockingham County want the division to do more to combat antisemitism by warning graduation speakers to avoid rhetoric that could be seen as targeting Jews. Source

Assembly Adopts Bill Defending against Antisemitism in K-12 Schools - San Diego Jewish World

Authored by Assemblymembers Rick Chavez Zbur and Dawn Addis, sponsored by the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California (JPAC), and supported by a coalition of 47 Jewish organizations, the bill continues to gain extraordinary bipartisan momentum in the fight against antisemitism in K-12 schools.