{"id":2476822,"date":"2025-08-20T15:14:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campus-anti-semitism-california-university-being-sued-for-rejecting-israeli-professors-application\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:15:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:15:48","slug":"campus-anti-semitism-california-university-being-sued-for-rejecting-israeli-professors-application","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/campus-anti-semitism-california-university-being-sued-for-rejecting-israeli-professors-application\/","title":{"rendered":"Campus Anti-Semitism: California University Being Sued for Rejecting Israeli Professor&#8217;s Application"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcampus-anti-semitism-california-university-being-sued-for-rejecting-israeli-professors-application%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2476822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Brandeis Center has filed a lawsuit against the University of California,berkeley,accusing the university of rejecting a professor&#8217;s job application due to her israeli nationality. Dr. Yael Nativ, who was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 2022, was invited to apply for a visiting position for the 2024-2025 academic year.Though, after the Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7, 2023, the department chair allegedly informed Nativ that her application was denied as of potential backlash on campus. An internal inquiry at UC Berkeley found that Nativ was a victim of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doj-targets-elon-musks-spacex-for-allegedly-preferring-to-hire-u-s-citizens\/\" title=\"DOJ Targets Elon Musk\u2019s SpaceX For Allegedly Preferring To Hire U.S. Citizens\">national origin discrimination<\/a>, violating the university&#8217;s Nondiscrimination Policy, but no remedial action has been taken. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ftc-sues-amazon-alleging-it-has-an-illegal-monopoly-in-online-marketplace\/\" title=\"FTC sues Amazon for alleged online marketplace monopoly.\">lawsuit highlights concerns<\/a> about rising anti-Semitism and discrimination against Israeli and Jewish academics on college campuses, especially following recent conflicts. The case also references ongoing investigations into alleged anti-Semitic activities at UC Berkeley, such as student groups endorsing anti-Israel policies. The Brandeis Center emphasizes that such discrimination by educational institutions is illegal and must be addressed to prevent further targeting of Israeli faculty nationwide.  <\/p>\n<div id=\"ld-4686-3758\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:14832835450050406,size:[0, 0],id:\"ld-4686-3758\"});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=\"https:\/\/cdn2.decide.dev\/_js\/ajs.js\";j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,\"script\",\"ld-ajs\");<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Brandeis Center filed a lawsuit against the University of California Berkeley for allegedly denying a professor&rsquo;s job application because she is Israeli.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yael Nativ was a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 2022 and was invited by fellow professors at the university to apply for another visiting position for the 2024-2025 school year, the lawsuit stated. However, shortly after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/reporter-holds-back-tears-witnessing-1-10-residents-killed-hamas-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas&rsquo; Oct. 7, 2023, attack<\/a> on Israel, Nativ was explicitly told by the chair of the department she applied for that her application was rejected because of the potential backlash of hiring an Israeli professor.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;[M]y dept cannot host you for a class next fall,&rdquo; the department chair allegedly told Nativ, according to the lawsuit. &ldquo;Things are very hot here [on campus] right now and many of our grad students are angry. I would be putting the dept and you in a terrible position if you taught here.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Following the incident, the university itself opened an investigation and found Nativ &ldquo;was the victim of national origin discrimination in violation of Berkeley&rsquo;s Nondiscrimination Policy,&rdquo; according to the lawsuit. Despite the findings in September 2024, the university has not taken any further actions to remedy the situation, the lawsuit alleged.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well-respected institutions like Berkeley pride themselves on welcoming individuals, academics, and professors from around the globe, with varying backgrounds and expertise on every subject imaginable,&rdquo; Kenneth L. Marcus, chairman and CEO of the Brandeis Center and the former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Education, said in a statement. &ldquo;Yet since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/time-un-finally-blacklists-hamas-horrific-crimes-attempts-blame-israel-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a> attacks on Oct. 7, Jewish and Israeli professors, researchers, and academics like Dr. Nativ have been unfairly targeted, their work questioned, and their livelihoods threatened because of the rampant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-anti-semitisms-campus-roots-bandwagon-effect-blinds-kids-truth-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-Semitism<\/a> that has overtaken college campuses.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Even before anti-Israel protests flooded college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Gaza war, UC Berkeley was put under investigation by the Biden administration for alleged anti-Semitism. In 2022, the Department of Education received a complaint that several student groups at the school had adopted anti-Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/bdsmovement.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions<\/a>&nbsp;bylaws and banned pro-Israel speakers from their chapters.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For a university to deny the invitation of a respected professor simply because of her national origin is not only distasteful, it&rsquo;s illegal,&rdquo; Marcus continued. &ldquo;And if the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >campus administration doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t hold themselves up to the same accountability standards that they hold their students, what is stopping their students from acting on their own discriminatory beliefs? 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Dr. Yael Nativ, who served as a visiting professor at UC Berkeley in 2022, was encouraged by colleagues to apply for another visiting role for the 2024-2025 academic year. However, following Hamas&#8217; attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the department chair informed her that her application was denied because hiring an Israeli professor could provoke backlash on campus. An internal investigation later confirmed that Nativ faced discrimination based on national origin in violation of university policy, but no corrective measures have been taken so far<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2476823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UC-Berkley.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[61628,61326,5102,61629,4585],"class_list":["post-2476822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-california-university","tag-campus-antisemitism","tag-discrimination","tag-israeli-professor","tag-lawsuit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/UC-Berkley.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2476822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2476826,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2476822\/revisions\/2476826"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2476822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2476822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2476822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}