On March 10th, UC Santa Cruz’s Slugs for Israel group hosted an Israeli Music Fest for students and community members. The group hoped to create an environment where students could listen, enjoy, and dance to Israeli music, exposing the community to songs sung in Hebrew. The group partnered with Israeli...
Playing for Peace: Dr. Michael Leitner comes to UC Santa Cruz!
On May 18th, the Slugs for Israel group at UC Santa Cruz brought renowned academic Michael Leitner to campus for a talk about Israel and the possibilities of peace and coexistence. Leitner’s philosophy is one that results in a productive, peaceful society as the result of “recreational programming”. The intimate...
CCAP Event at UC Santa Cruz
On January 21, CAMERA Campus Activists at the University of California Santa Cruz brought in a number of Holocaust survivors to speak about their and their families’ experiences in the Holocaust. They felt that this issue was not only important to Israel but in all regards to the students across...
Divestment Resolution Defeated at UC Santa Cruz
BDS at UC Santa Cruz was defeated in a majority vote, with 19 against, 17 in favor and 3 abstentions. It is yet another failed BDS campaign to add to the list in the UC system. Emily Hochberg writes in the Israel Actions Network blog “This is the latest in a...