Berkeley, CA – Feds Probe UC Berkeley Anti-Semitism Allegations

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    A protester shouts during an Apartheid week protest on February 28, 2012. A lawsuit is underway as a result of these protests.Berkeley, CA – Federal officials are investigating anti-Semitism allegations at the University of California, Berkeley.

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    The Los Angeles Times (lat.ms/PXFtXq) says recent graduates claim university officials fomented a hostile campus climate for Jewish students by failing to curb anti-Israel protests.

    They say a protest against Israel’s treatment of Palestinians was one of several February campus events that stoked anti-Semitic hate speech.

    The U.S. Department of Education’s civil rights office confirmed this week that it is investigating the allegations.

    University spokesman Dan Mogulof says the protests were constitutionally protected speech and officials made efforts to maintain a safe and inclusive climate.

    Joel Siegal, one of two attorneys who filed the complaint, says activists with the Muslim Student Association and Students for Justice in Palestine went beyond protected political protes


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    MidwesternGuy
    MidwesternGuy
    11 years ago

    The modern-day Jew haters (not the loser Nazis of yesteryear) are located in today’s hard-left. What you might call the Daily Kos wing of liberalism. And UC Berkeley is a known haven for hard leftists.

    11 years ago

    UC Berkeley home of the wackos of America. Government funding whether federal or state should be cut completely; but our leftist leader in chief is one of the worst leftist