
The Anti-Zionist Agenda at the Heart of UC Ethnic Studies
The classroom becomes an instrument for advancing political causes rather than a place where those causes are freely examined and debated.

The classroom becomes an instrument for advancing political causes rather than a place where those causes are freely examined and debated.

Jewish members are describing antisemitism within CFA itself as the union presses to weaken protections born of the post-Oct. 7 campus antisemitism crisis.

California lawmakers must not pass AB 2551 in any form. At this point, no legislator can honestly treat it as neutral free-speech legislation.

The current Jewish debate cannot end with a choice between fighting antisemites and strengthening Jewish life. Both are necessary, but neither fully answers what this moment requires.


At UCLA, faculty and departments have moved anti-Zionist activism from the margins into university life, becoming a core engine of campus antisemitism.

This week, the UC Faculty Assembly will vote on whether to adopt the proposal—a decision that will either further erode the integrity of shared governance or take a necessary step toward restoring it.

The Faculty Council’s disastrous ethnic studies admissions requirement is off the table. But vigilance is in order.

Recent actions of the Council’s leadership have provided a frightening glimpse into the kind of “defining role” that UC ethnic studies faculty intend to play in the roll-out of AB 101.

As the first school district to formalize a relationship with LESMC after Governor Newsom signed the bill mandating an ethnic studies graduation requirement, the Castro Valley school board’s decision was particularly sobering for the Jewish community.