A letter from the California Legislative Jewish Caucus sent this week to the heads of the state’s two massive university systems ticks off a long list of alleged antisemitic incidents on campuses since the Oct. 7 Hamas massacre in Israel and subsequent war:
- Physical attacks on Jewish students at UC Berkeley, UC Davis and San Jose State University for expressing support for Israel.
- Jewish students at UC San Diego needing a police escort to safely leave a meeting.
- “Obscene” anti-Israel graffiti on a Jewish student group’s banner at Cal Poly Humboldt.
- Anti-Israel groups, including Students for Justice in Palestine, celebrating the Hamas terrorist attack, including a rally at UCLA that “interrupted classes with hate-filled rhetoric.”
- A social media post by a UC Davis professor with knife, ax and blood emojis calling for violence against “Zionist journalists” in their homes and their “kids in school.”
- An Israeli student at UC Berkeley being told she couldn’t participate in a class-related conference because of her nationality.
- The UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council describing Oct. 7 as part of the “Palestinian freedom struggle.”
- An increased need for armed security at Jewish student centers on many campuses.
