\nSorry, but it\u2019s true. There is racism, bigotry, hatred, and\u2013yes\u2013anti-Semitism everywhere in the world. We can\u2019t escape it. Not in France, not in Israel, not even in peaceful Denmark. It\u2019s all over the place. As an assimilated Jew in the Diaspora, I accept my position as an outsider everywhere I go.<\/p>\n
2. UCLA Is not an anti-Semitic university<\/strong> 3. The student government has held itself accountable for this incident<\/strong> \u201c\u2026 the Undergraduate Students Association Council does not tolerate or accept the behaviors of students, staff, faculty, or administration that infringe upon the safety of another person and\/or develop a hostile and unsafe environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201c\u2026 the Undergraduate Students Association Council, as officials elected to represent all students on campus, strive to be active allies of the Jewish community and pledge to actively seek open lines of communication with the leaders of the organized Jewish community on issues pertaining to their constituency.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n I think about how I would feel if my kid experienced this kind of attack and anti-Semitism as college students and I think I would want to bring down the walls of the university. I understand the frustration and the rage that this incident brings up for us as parents.<\/p>\n However, and I don\u2019t just say this because it\u2019s \u201cmy\u201d university: I need to keep this contained as a regrettable and accounted for event that should never happen, but just does. Because that\u2019s the world we live in.<\/p>\n We are passing through dangerous times as Jews. I know it. I feel it every day. But public universities in particular need to remain a safe place for us to go, be, and learn. We get to arm our kids with the tools to take it on.<\/p>\n And I am grateful to Hillel for organizing ways for Jewish students to learn how to fight the fight in the system, because this is where we are, and we will not be silent when this kind of nonsense surfaces. I learned to be an advocate for my people\u2013and all people\u2013through Hillel at UCLA, and I want further generations of Jewish students to feel at home there, both among Jews and when we are not among them.<\/p>\n Kveller is a thriving community of women and parents who convene online to share, celebrate, and commiserate their experiences of raising kids through a Jewish lens. Visit Kveller.com<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n
\nIt\u2019s simply not. There is nothing anti-Semitic per se about UCLA. Just because there is evidence of ignorance and anti-Semitism, doesn\u2019t mean the university has fostered it or supports it. I\u2019m trying not to get too hysterical about this in general because it\u2019s such an isolated event at UCLA. The global issues campuses are facing, such as ousting Jewish professors (thanks, Durban), not allowing Jewish professors to speak, and other such outrageous offensiveness is not what\u2019s going on in this case at UCLA. (Go Bruins.)<\/p>\n
\nThe student government just published a statement regarding the events.
\nMost importantly, they note the following:<\/p>\n![\"Share](\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\")