By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — Today, May 14,  is the sixty-second anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel—which had been voted into existence by the Security Council of the United Nations.  We have no apologies; we are elated; we regret that the two-state solution legislated by the UN at that time has

SACRAMENTO (Press Release)–California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner on Thursday announced that 1,010 insurance companies – more than 75 percent of insurers licensed to do business in California — have agreed to forgo future investments in 50 companies identified as doing business with Iran’s nuclear, energy or defense sectors. “This is a great victory for California

By Roz Rothstein and Roberta R. Seid LOS ANGELES– An increasing number of students report that efforts to demonize Israel have intensified on college campuses. Most recently, the student senates at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), held marathon debates about anti-Israel divestment resolutions. In May, the annual Hate

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday expressed its appreciation to University of California officials for their strong, unequivocal statement in which they announced their decision not to recommend to the university’s board divestment from companies doing business with Israel.  Student organizations at the University of California recently put forward two bills