US EditionAmcha Initiative Accuses University of California Faculty of Driving Antisemitism on Campus
The AMCHA Initiative's report links anti-Zionist faculty networks at UCLA, Berkeley, and Santa Cruz to hundreds of antisemitic incidents, prompting federal civil rights scrutiny.
- On Wednesday the AMCHA Initiative released its latest report finding anti‑Zionist faculty started and accelerated antisemitism at UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Santa Cruz within the University of California system.
- By tracing faculty endorsements and department statements the report shows academic departments and units converted platforms into anti-Zionist advocacy through academic BDS, `anti-normalization` practices, and Faculty for Justice in Palestine chapters, with dozens supporting pro-Hamas encampments during the 2023–2024 year.
- The US Department of Justice Civil Rights Division found UCLA violated Title VI and the Equal Protection Clause, leading to $250 million in impounded federal funds and a $2.33 million donation to Jewish groups.
- AMCHA urged the UC Regents to adopt concrete steps restoring neutrality and set enforceable boundaries, with Tammi Rossman‑Benjamin calling it a `faculty governance failure` linked to incidents since Oct. 7, 2023.
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Amcha Initiative accuses University of California faculty of driving antisemitism on campus
A new report by the Amcha Initiative accuses faculty in the University of California (UC) system of encouraging antisemitism across its campuses. The report, released Wednesday, said faculty and academic departments were a driving force in the anti-Israel protests on campus in 2024 that led to an increase in antisemitic incidents against Jewish students. The report specifically focuses on…
Professors with ‘activist agendas’ fuel Jew-hatred surge at University of California, reports says
The issue is a “failure of governance,” Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, of the AMCHA Initiative, told JNS.The post Professors with ‘activist agendas’ fuel Jew-hatred surge at University of California, reports says appeared first on JNS.org.
Campus antisemitism driven by faculty at University of California campuses, report finds
The pro-Palestinian student protesters who swarmed U.S. campuses, erected pro-Gaza encampments and terrorized Jewish students for two years had plenty of support -- from university professors.
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