UC-Berkeley to Apologize to Israeli Dance Scholar Who was Rejected for a Job After Oct. 7th
“UC Berkeley publicly acknowledges the violation of UC Berkeley’s policy against discrimination with regard to Dr. Nativ and commits to rigorously enforce this policy to prevent recurrence”
We wrote about this a few years ago. It certainly took Berkeley long enough to come around.
JWeekly reports:
UC Berkeley to apologize to Israeli dance scholar rejected for a job post-Oct. 7
UC Berkeley’s chancellor will apologize to an Israeli dance scholar who the university acknowledges was discriminated against when she was denied a job just weeks after Oct. 7, 2023, due to her nationality.
The apology is part of a settlement announced Wednesday between UC Berkeley and Yael Nativ. The university will also invite Nativ back to teach.
“UC Berkeley publicly acknowledges the violation of UC Berkeley’s policy against discrimination with regard to Dr. Nativ and commits to rigorously enforce this policy to prevent recurrence,” according to a statement prepared jointly by UC Berkeley and Nativ’s lawyers that was sent to J.
As part of the settlement, UC Berkeley will also pay out $116,000, including $56,000 in attorneys’ fees and $60,000 to Nativ. A portion of the payment to Nativ will be donated to charity, according to her lawyers.
Chancellor Rich Lyons will apologize to Nativ either in person, in a phone call or in a Zoom meeting within 30 days, under the settlement, which was shared with J.
“I respect and appreciate Dr. Nativ’s decision to settle this case,” Lyons said in a statement sent to J. “She is owed the apology I will provide on behalf of our campus. We look forward to welcoming Dr. Nativ back to Berkeley to teach again.”
Nativ was hired in a guest role and traveled from Israel to teach “Intersectional Perspectives on Contemporary Dance in Israel” during the spring semester 2022.
“The course went well,” according to her complaint filed in August in Alameda County Superior Court, and Nativ was encouraged to reapply for the 2024-2025 school year.
She did so, submitting application materials through the Helen Diller Institute for Jewish Law and Israel Studies in August 2023, the complaint stated.
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Too little, too late. Heads need to roll to send the message that such attitudes and actions will not be tolerated.
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