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Why This Israeli Dance Professor Is Suing Berkeley

JL;DR SUMMARY Yael Nativ, an Israeli dance professor, is suing the University of California, Berkeley after her application to teach an Israeli contemporary dance class was rejected for the 2024-25 academic year. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Academic FreedomCultural ExchangeBerkeleyUniversity PoliticsContemporary DanceGraduate StudentsYael NativIsraeli DanceAcademic TensionsFaculty Decisions

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"Yael Nativ taught an Israeli contemporary dance class as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley."
Berkeley, California, United States
"Yael Nativ taught an Israeli contemporary dance class as a visiting professor at the University of California, Berkeley."
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