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U. of Calif. addresses campus hate, but some draw line on Oren case

A student is escorted from a University of California, Irvine auditorium by campus police after heckling Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren, Feb. 8, 2010.

The University of California announced measures designed to prevent hate violence and racism on campus, but some speakers at a meeting devoted to the issue said the recent heckling of Israel's ambassador at UC Irvine was a display of free speech, not a hate crime. Read more »

Student outreach at AIPAC

Wonder why AIPAC is so influential? Those folks know how to mobilize. Watch a video report from Ben Harris on the pro-Israel lobby's extensive campus outreach operation. Read more » Featured Stories U. of Calif. addresses campus hate, but some draw line on Oren case A student is escorted from a University of California, Irvine auditorium by campus police after heckling Israeli U.S. Ambassador Michael Oren, Feb. 8, 2010. The University of California announced measures designed to prevent hate violence and racism on campus, but some speakers at a meeting devoted to the issue said the recent heckling of Israel's ambassador at UC Irvine was a display of free speech, not a hate crime. Read more » Student outreach at AIPAC Wonder why AIPAC is so influential? Those folks know how to mobilize. Watch a video report from Ben Harris on the pro-Israel lobby's extensive campus outreach operation. Read more » AIPAC, Congress members seek to add enforcement teeth to Iran sanctions In the wake of revelations of lack of U.S. enforcement of Iran sanctions, AIPAC and its supporters on Capitol Hill are pushing to legislate tougher enforcement. Read more » Rise of Conservative right alarming Hungary's Jews Hungary's main Conservative party is expected to win an overwhelming victory in upcoming elections in which a far-right party is also expected to score significant gains. Hungary's Jews, who traditionally vote center-left, are concerned about the shifting political winds. Read more » Editors' Picks The Passover Blog Sandra Bernhard's Pesach tweets. Healthy eating. A new source of Passover protein. JDub, The Macaroons and kids' songs. Passover politics. Scripting the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (L.A. Times) It's been called a gay Middle Eastern version of "Romeo and Juliet," but "Salam Shalom" has been reworked so many times by its author that the script itself has become a microcosm of the very conflict that serves as its backdrop. The kibbutz in Israeli culture (Haaretz) On the 100th anniversary of the kibbutz movement, an editorial suggests that while little remains of its original collectivist spirit, the kibbutz has had an enduring impact on Israeli culture. Breaking News President Obama predicted that the U.N. Security Council would pass a new round of sanctions against Iran within weeks. Sandra Bullock's estranged husband is seen posing as Adolf Hitler, wearing a German soldier's cap and giving a Heil Hitler salute in a US Weekly photo. U.S. Rep. Eric Cantor said he has received threats partly because he is Jewish. A person can be guilty of a hate crime even if his victim is a building and not a person, a New York court found. Pro-Palestinian protesters disrupted a performance in London by the acclaimed Jerusalem Quartet. Two British lawmakers accused supporters of Israel of “buying” influence in the Conservative Party. A Chabad house in Budapest was stoned during a Passover seder. Thousands of Jewish worshipers gathered at the Western Wall for the priestly blessing. Israeli security services clashed with Palestinians and activists outside of a prison near Ramallah. A large arms cache allegedly intended to be smuggled into the Gaza Strip was discovered in the Sinai Desert.