What is the campus climate like for Jewish students at the University of California? As the old Jewish joke goes: in one word, good; in two words, not good. Let’s start with the good. Last week, UC President Janet Napolitano…
read moreThe grilling of student Rachel Beyda over whether she was unqualified to join the UCLA’s student judicial board, merely because she Jewish, shocked people with its blatant display of anti-Semitism at one of the nation’s most liberal schools.“Given that you’re…
read moreEvidence of the concern within UCLA’s Jewish community stemming from recent events on campus could be seen on March 16 by UCLA Chancellor Gene Block’s visitors that day. Just before an interview with the Jewish Journal that morning, Block met…
read moreThe question stung Rachel Beyda, who, like her inquisitors, was hoping to make her campus – and world – a better place. “Given that you are a Jewish student and very active in the Jewish community,” one member of the…
read moreThe undergraduate student government unanimously passed “A Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism” at its Tuesday meeting after more than 100 students made public comments in support of the measure. The resolution, drafted by members of Hillel at UCLA and Undergraduate Students Association…
read moreIntroduction With the spring semester in full swing BDS activities intensified greatly, with the focus split between student governments and academic associations. And with the Israeli elections quickly approaching, European boycott threats have also increased. But legislation in the US…
read moreWe are Jewish students committed to human rights and justice in Israel-Palestine. This week we felt both intense joy and intense sorrow. We are so honored to be part of a campus community that affirms justice and nonviolence, and that…
read moreMore than 100 students overcrowd the Hispanic student center at Stanford University. It could be a violation of the fire code, notes Kristian Bailey, a recent graduate and now a full-time activist. Bailey is sporting a “Black Lives Matter” T-shirt,…
read moreDear Colleagues: We recently marked 70 years since the liberation of Auschwitz and yet, we are clearly still learning the lessons of the Holocaust with the growth of anti-Semitism worldwide. The recent attacks in Paris are truly emblematic of an…
read moreIn a morally coherent world, the chilling statement, “Hamas & Sharia law have taken over UC Davis,” would not have been spoken publicly, and certainly not by an elected student leader at an American public university. But in California, the veritable epicenter of…
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