-Jewish Journal, February 24, 2011 by Jonah Lowenfeld
http://bit.ly/fwxc9w
“The law school has deep strengths in both the study of Jewish law—and religious law more generally—and also focuses on the study of Israel,” said Kenneth A. Bamberger…. “As more people got involved, it seemed like a real contribution could be made to those engaged in the discourse around Jewish law and Israel on campus.”
-Jewish Telegraphic Agency, February 24, 2011
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/02/24/2743089/uc-berkeley-to-expand-jewish-israel-studies
Christopher Edley … said in a news release that the institute “builds on the law school’s historic strengths in religious law. It also capitalizes on our cross-disciplinary and comparative approach to law and society and our longstanding collaborations with Israeli scholars and academic institutions.”
-Contra Costa Times, February 24, 2011 by Matt Krupnick
http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_17475320?nclick_check=1
“I think it’s really going to transform the atmosphere on campus,” said Christopher Edley … who recounted stories of students who felt intimidated by their peers or professors while discussing Israel and Palestine. “It’s brought tears to my eyes. This is not what you expect of a world-class university.”
UC Berkeley has long collaborated with Israeli scholars and universities, and the institute will help centralize those studies, said Kenneth Bamberger…. “Our approach to issues that people care deeply about is to provide an open forum. We welcome the diversity of views around these issues.”
-The National Law Journal, February 24, 2011 by Karen Sloan
http://www.law.com/jsp/nlj/PubArticleNLJ.jsp?id=1202483191505&rss=nlj&slreturn=1&hbxlogin=1
“These are fast-emerging fields in higher education,” Dean Christopher Edley said in a written statement. “The Gilbert Foundation’s generous gift allows us to bolster existing Jewish and Israel programming on campus with the added perspective of legal scholarship, and to better compete with comparable offerings at our peer universities.”
“We’re working to support broader discourse on campus around Jewish and Israel-related scholarship,” said institute faculty director Kenneth Bamberger. “We want to better serve UC students interested in studying these topics in-depth.”
-The Daily Californian, February 28, 2011 by Courtney Moulds
http://www.dailycal.org/article/112151/school_of_law_launches_the_berkeley_institute_for_
“The goal is to take a lot of existing strengths that we have both in the law school and also in the rest of the university and provide an institutional home,” said Kenneth Bamberger.