Stephen Wise Temple will host a Zoom briefing on Berkeley Law School and Jewish life at Cal from director of U.C. Berkeley Hillel following article in Jewish Journal
Wednesday, October 12 | 6:30 p.m. | Register
Many in the Stephen Wise Temple and Schools community have expressed concern after reading a recent article in the Jewish Journal about the anti-Israel policies of several affinity groups at Berkeley Law, the law school at the University of California, Berkeley. Unfortunately, the article misrepresented the situation and drew conclusions that are not supported by the circumstances.
We have arranged a special Zoom briefing from the long-serving U.C. Berkeley Hillel director, Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman, who has been proactive in responding to the incident. Notable for building a vibrant Jewish community at the nation’s premier public university, Rabbi Adam will speak about his initiatives to combat antisemitism and hostility towards Israel, his engagement with the Law School Dean, Irwin Chemerinsky, as well as the many positive aspects of Jewish life at Cal.
Joining him will be the assistant vice chancellor for executive communications Dan Mogulof and two Berkeley Law students. Please join us to learn about the situation, how antisemitism is being confronted at our nation’s most prestigious public university, and most importantly, what you can do to strengthen Jewish life at all of our nation’s institutions of higher learning.
Please register and join us on Wednesday evening, Oct. 12 at 6:30 p.m.
About Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman: Rabbi Adam Naftalin-Kelman is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Executive Director of Berkeley Hillel. He has been the at UC Berkeley Hillel for 14 years, having a deep perspective on the Jewish campus climate. He is one the co-founders and co-directors of the Antisemitism Education Initiative and the is a member of the Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Jewish Student Life and Campus Climate. Before coming to Berkeley Hillel he served as the Director of Hillel at the University of Colorado at Boulder, upon completing his Rabbinic Studies at the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies. Adam is a native from Los Angeles and was active in the Jewish community as a youth and teen, attending Heschel Day School and Camp Alonim. Upon completion of college he began work for Arthur Andersen as a business consultant, then spent five years in Rabbinical School which then led him to the Hillel world.
About Dan Mogulof: Dan Mogulof is the assistant vice chancellor for executive communications in U.C .Berkeley’s Office of Communications and Public Affairs. In that capacity, he serves as primary campus spokesperson and provides to the chancellor, provost, and other senior campus leaders strategic counsel and support in the realms of communications, media relations, and issue management. Before coming to the university in 2004, he spent 20 years in broadcast journalism, in the United States and abroad. During that period he served as the Tel Aviv Bureau Chief for CBS News and in a variety of production and management roles for National Geographic Television, New York Times Television, and PBS. He is the recipient of four Emmy awards for his news and documentary work.
About Berkeley Hillel: Berkeley Hillel is the heart of Jewish life at U.C. Berkeley. For generations, Berkeley Hillel has built longer tables while feeding growing imaginations. Students take comfort in arriving just as they are and define for themselves what it means to engage Jewishly. From orientation to graduation, and through each semester, students make Berkeley Hillel their second home while sparking lifelong learning and friendships. Students at Berkeley Hillel help each other thrive through dozens of clubs and fellowships, Shabbat and holiday services, a weekly BBQ, immersive travel, and so much more.
