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UC Berkeley Settles Discrimination Claim; Pomona College Acts on Hostility

12/12/2025

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Nativ Receives Settlement

The University of California, Berkeley agreed to pay Yael Nativ, a sociologist, $60,000 after she claimed discrimination for not being rehired.
Chancellor Rich Lyons apologized and invited Nativ to teach her class again.
Pomona College plans to hire a civil rights coordinator and establish a task force on Jewish life after allegations of a hostile environment for Jewish students.

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Tessa Sues UCSB

Tessa Veksler, the former student body president at the University of California, Santa Barbara, filed a lawsuit alleging antisemitic harassment.
The harassment began after she condemned the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
A masked university staffer allegedly incited anti-Israel protesters, while the campus ignored pleas for help.
The lawsuit cites threatening posters and verbal abuse, a hostile Multicultural Center, and damages for civil rights violations.

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Nativ Receives Settlement

The University of California, Berkeley agreed to pay Yael Nativ, a sociologist, $60,000 after she claimed discrimination for not being rehired.
Chancellor Rich Lyons apologized and invited Nativ to teach her class again.
Pomona College plans to hire a civil rights coordinator and establish a task force on Jewish life after allegations of a hostile environment for Jewish students.

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