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. Pérez, 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
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