Campus Antisemitism
Participants will explore the “potentials and limitations of a state-sponsored definition of anti-Semitism.”
In letters to Zoom and UC Merced Chancellor Juan Sánchez Muñoz, the organization notes that the event featuring Leila Khaled could violate federal law by providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization.
One of the bill’s co-sponsors, Nerdeen Mohsen Kiswani, posted a video on TikTok in which she set fire to an Israel Defense Forces sweatshirt.
Francis Kalifat, president of CRIF, called out the vandalism on Twitter, saying it was “decidedly anti-Semitic” and the “weapon of the weak.”
Residents will have kosher-meal options, housekeeping services, and a complimentary snack and beverage bar.
“We are disgusted and upset by the behavior of those members,” said Interfraternity Council’s Diversity and Inclusion chair Brandon Brown.
In the postponement of an event featuring a controversial speaker, Hillel president at Butler University Lauren Carrier said the school newspaper “has a duty to make sure that information that is published is factually accurate.”
Fliers with QR codes that led to an anti-Semitic radio station were attached to the classroom and office doors of mainly Jewish professors.
It went through with 95 percent voting “yes,” with a representative to be in place by the fall semester.
The signatories come from the entire political spectrum with varying political views, unequivocally “united by the urgent need to respond to the rising anti-Semitism worldwide.”
On the first day of Passover, a swastika was found spray-painted on the side of the chemistry building, followed by another one a few days later.
“The details and logistics of executing an event of this scale have been set for well over a year, and it is not feasible to move the ceremony,” said administrators via email.
