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Monday, October 26, 2015

Input Today

From the Sacramento Bee:

Shaken by several anti-Semitic events on campuses this year, the University of California began work over the summer on a statement of “principles against intolerance.” Some Jewish groups asked that a broad U.S. State Department definition of anti-Semitism, which includes comments “demonizing Israel,” be adopted as part of the policy; that set off further controversy as supporters of Palestinians and faculty objected to what they regarded as infringement of their free speech. By the time a draft statement was released last month, it had been so watered down that virtually no one was satisfied with it. The Board of Regents rejected the document, calling a working group to craft a new policy that more directly addresses the anti-Semitic incidents. The working group will hold its first forum today to gather public input on the policy, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at UCLA. Among the participants are regents Norm Pattiz, who called the draft statement “frankly insulting” to the Jewish community at last month’s meeting, and former Assembly Speaker John A. PĂ©rez, who shot down the State Department definition of anti-Semitism, as well as Linda Katehi, chancellor of UC Davis, where swastikas were spray-painted onto a Jewish fraternity in January...

Source: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41262777.html

Location: Covel Commons, Grand Horizon Room, 9 am - 5 pm with a 1-hour break for lunch at noon.

Official announcement at http://regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/_documents/pdf/publicforum.pdf 

Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article41262777.html#storylink=cpy

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