Several new billboards in Berkeley meant to raise awareness about antisemitism are also raising new debate, with some saying the message is only further dividing the community.
The new billboards are spread throughout eight different parts of Berkeley and are hard to miss.
The red signs come with a message directed to UC Berkeley’s School of Law. It reads: “You don’t need to go to law school to know anti-Zionism is antisemitism.”
The billboards were posted by the nonprofit group “JewBelong” as a response to a student group. At the law school, they recently voted to ban “pro-Israel” and “zionist” speakers from giving lectures on campus.
The non-profit co-founder