News Archive
UC Berkeley Jewish Israeli Researcher Sues Local UAW Union Over Alleged Antisemitic Actions
Fox News
February 6, 2025: “‘I tried to reform the union from within but was greeted only by more hate and abuse. I hope my lawsuit shows the thousands of others represented by the union what it is saying and doing in their name and ends the harassment I’ve experienced.’”
January 27, 2025: “It was like a knife in the back of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community when, less than a week after the horror and death of October 7, the union issued a statement condemning Israel. Since that time, union officials have only twisted that knife by systematically discriminating against Jews…I hope my lawsuit ends the union’s culture of anti-Semitism and holds accountable those responsible for it.”
January 24, 2025: “Karin Yaniv filed suit on Friday against her local UAW chapter, alleging she and other Israeli Jews were excluded from full union participation based on their ethnicity. The suit alleges union members acted in a hostile, discriminatory and antisemitic manner, which her lawyers say is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and California law.”
SCOTUS urged to hear Jewish professors’ case against forced union representation law
The Center Square
A CA. Teacher Was Denied A Union Board Seat Because of His Race. He Fought Back-And Won
National Review
December 31, 2024: “Professor Avraham Goldstein told The Center Square that he and his colleagues ‘are challenging the Taylor Law because it imposes on us the representation of a union that is actively and vocally anti-Israel, that supports harassing Zionist Jews, and that passed a resolution denying Jewish people their historical rights to their ancestral homeland…We would rather have no representation at all.’”
October 30, 2024: “Isaac Newman watched as his California school district and the teachers union that purports to represent him poured millions of taxpayer dollars into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training. After experiencing the impact of that spending first hand, Newman decided to do something about it.”
October 6, 2024: “A group of Jewish professors is suing their openly Marxist teachers union, arguing that forced representation by a union actively engaged in anti-Semitism violates their First Amendment rights.”
Josh Shapiro rescued me from Soviet antisemitism, can continue fighting for Jews
Op-Ed | The Jerusalem Post
October 5, 2024: “As a history teacher in Elk Grove Unified School District, I try to ensure that my students don’t learn the wrong lessons from the struggles of American history. But I taught my latest course on civil rights to adults in a federal courtroom, not students in a classroom.”
September 13, 2024: “I assumed it was going to be a pretty long battle. So it hasn’t fully sunk in that that we’ve won this first battle here. But, of course, the fight is not over. I’m heartened to think that this will inspire others who are facing similar situations stand up. [To know] that, in fact, you can make a difference. And shockingly, even in California.”
August 14, 2024: “We endured KGB searches of our apartment. My uncle was imprisoned. At school, classmates beat me into a concussion because of my Jewish faith. When I recovered and returned to class, I was publicly stripped and mocked. During these bleak times, I received an encouraging letter from six-year-old Joshua Shapiro, who soon made it his mission to help my family escape communism.”
February 6, 2025: “‘I tried to reform the union from within but was greeted only by more hate and abuse. I hope my lawsuit shows the thousands of others represented by the union what it is saying and doing in their name and ends the harassment I’ve experienced.'”
January 27, 2025: “It was like a knife in the back of UC Berkeley’s Jewish community when, less than a week after the horror and death of October 7, the union issued a statement condemning Israel. Since that time, union officials have only twisted that knife by systematically discriminating against Jews…I hope my lawsuit ends the union’s culture of anti-Semitism and holds accountable those responsible for it.”
UC Berkeley Jewish Israeli Researcher Sues Local UAW Union Over Alleged Antisemitic Actions
Fox News
January 24, 2025: “Karin Yaniv filed suit on Friday against her local UAW chapter, alleging she and other Israeli Jews were excluded from full union participation based on their ethnicity. The suit alleges union members acted in a hostile, discriminatory and antisemitic manner, which her lawyers say is a violation of the Civil Rights Act and California law.”
SCOTUS urged to hear Jewish professors’ case against forced union representation law
The Center Square
December 31, 2024: “Professor Avraham Goldstein told The Center Square that he and his colleagues ‘are challenging the Taylor Law because it imposes on us the representation of a union that is actively and vocally anti-Israel, that supports harassing Zionist Jews, and that passed a resolution denying Jewish people their historical rights to their ancestral homeland…We would rather have no representation at all.’”
A CA. Teacher Was Denied A Union Board Seat Because of His Race. He Fought Back-And Won
National Review
October 30, 2024: “Isaac Newman watched as his California school district and the teachers union that purports to represent him poured millions of taxpayer dollars into Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training. After experiencing the impact of that spending first hand, Newman decided to do something about it.”
October 6, 2024: “A group of Jewish professors is suing their openly Marxist teachers union, arguing that forced representation by a union actively engaged in anti-Semitism violates their First Amendment rights.”
October 5, 2024: “As a history teacher in Elk Grove Unified School District, I try to ensure that my students don’t learn the wrong lessons from the struggles of American history. But I taught my latest course on civil rights to adults in a federal courtroom, not students in a classroom.”
September 13, 2024: “I assumed it was going to be a pretty long battle. So it hasn’t fully sunk in that that we’ve won this first battle here. But, of course, the fight is not over. I’m heartened to think that this will inspire others who are facing similar situations stand up. [To know] that, in fact, you can make a difference. And shockingly, even in California.”
Josh Shapiro rescued me from Soviet antisemitism, can continue fighting for Jews
Op-Ed | The Jerusalem Post
August 14, 2024: “We endured KGB searches of our apartment. My uncle was imprisoned. At school, classmates beat me into a concussion because of my Jewish faith. When I recovered and returned to class, I was publicly stripped and mocked. During these bleak times, I received an encouraging letter from six-year-old Joshua Shapiro, who soon made it his mission to help my family escape communism.”