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
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