UCLA donors and alumni — concerned and upset, but mostly supportive
Loren Witkin remembers the days when his two sons, Matthew and Brandon, were decked out in UCLA gear as newborns.
Loren Witkin remembers the days when his two sons, Matthew and Brandon, were decked out in UCLA gear as newborns.
Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s (USHMM) annual Los Angeles dinner was themed “What You Do Matters.”
In what should rightly be considered a major victory for Jewish students at UCLA, the undergraduate student government at its March 10 meeting unanimously passed “A Resolution Condemning Anti-Semitism,” which specifically says that delegitimizing Israel is a manifestation of anti-Semitism.
Evidence 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.
I must respectfully disagree with the approach proposed by my good friend David Suissa in his column on UCLA: “Stop Fighting and Start Winning” (March 11, jewishjournal.com).
The recent anti-Semitic incident on the UCLA campus is as outrageous as it is troubling:
Over the past month, college campuses nationwide – from UCLA and the University of Chicago to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to the University of Oklahoma – have been roiled by anti-Semitism, racism, and bigotry.
A UCLA spokesman said campus police are investigating conservative activist David Horowitz after his admission to the Journal on Feb. 24 that he was behind the appearance on campuses nationwide of posters that drew comparisons between the terrorist group Hamas and the student group Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP).
When someone punches you in the face, there are three ways to fight back: One, you punch him back. Two, you complain to authorities. Three, you drive him crazy.
Like many across the country, I was stunned to read reports concerning the February 10th meeting of the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council.