Submission: UC must protect Jewish students, combat anti-Semitism

(Jintak Han/Daily Bruin)
By Natalie Delgadillo
May 20, 2015 12:14 a.m.
Dear President Napolitano and the University of California Board of Regents,
We are 521 University of California alumni who are deeply concerned about the safety of Jewish students at our alma mater.
We heartily commend the UC Berkeley, UCLA and UC Santa Barbara student senates for responding to the alarming escalation of anti-Semitic activity on UC campuses by unanimously passing resolutions which condemn anti-Semitism and resolve that their respective student senates will adopt the U.S. Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism for identifying anti-Semitic activity.
We also applaud you for your own statement condemning anti-Semitism. Taking a public stand is a very important first step. However, it is critical that you do more to ensure the safety of Jewish students at the UC.
We join the coalition of 23 organizations that have recently written to you, urging you to take the following steps in order to adequately address the rising tide of anti-Jewish bigotry at the UC :
- Formally adopt the U.S. Department of State’s definition of anti-Semitism in order to identify all forms of anti-Semitic expression on UC campuses.
- Charge UC chancellors with training campus administrators and staff involved in discrimination prevention, student affairs and equity, diversity and inclusion, to identify anti-Semitic behavior, and direct them to develop clear protocols for addressing campus anti-Semitism with the same promptness and vigor as they do other forms of racial, ethnic and gender bigotry and discrimination.
- Charge UC chancellors with developing initiatives for educating the campus community about anti-Semitism and anti-Jewish discrimination.
No student should feel harassed, intimidated, threatened or marginalized. We implore you to better protect Jewish students at the UC.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Aaron Savar, UC Berkeley
Abe Carnow, UCLA
Afsaneh Mobasser, UCLA
Afshin Gabayan, UCLA
Alan Edelstein, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
Alan Harver, UC San Diego
Alan Kostinsky, UC Berkeley
Alane Schloss Shechter, UCLA
Albert Lapides, UC Berkeley
Alex Keyfes, UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz
Alexandra Skierso, UCLA
Ali Strocker, UCLA
Aliza Robin, UCLA
Allan Fensten, UCLA
Allan Kandel , UCLA
Allison Moran Gingold, UCLA
Alvaro Gancman, UCLA
Amanda Eisner, UC Santa Barbara
Amir Agay, UCLA
Amy Capurro, UC Davis
Amy Lester Jones, UC San Diego
Amy Saft Ciocan, UCLA
Andrew Katz, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Anita Cotton, UC Berkeley
Ann M. Zeller, UCLA
Anna Paikow, UCLA
Anthony Brill, UCLA
Ariel Szmuilowicz, UC Irvine
Arlee S. Maier, UC Berkeley
Arnold Anisgarten, UCLA
Arnold Zeiderman, UC Berkeley
Audrey Israel, UC Berkeley, UC San Francisco
Audrey Pretsky Adler, UCLA
Avi Herbstman, UC Santa Cruz
Azy Susman, UCLA
Barbara Halpern, UC Santa Barbara
Barbara Simon, UC San Diego
Barbarba Gelb, UCLA
Bee Epstein-Shepherd, UC Berkeley
Ben Adler, UCLA
Ben Harris, UCLA
Bernard Fligelman, UCLA
Bernard H. Goldner, UCLA
Bernard Recht UC Berkeley
Betsy Rosenthal, UCLA
Betzalel N. Eichenbaum, UCLA
Beverly J. Haas, UCLA
Bob Prichard, UC Berkeley
Bonnie Elbaz-Dekel, UCLA
Brannon Glushakow, UCLA
Brian H. Wieder, UCLA
Bruce Eric Sherman , UCLA
Cambria Cohen Gordon, UCLA
Cantor Daniel Eli Friedman, UCLA
Carol Cohen, UCLA
Carol Kurz, UCLA
Carole Shnier, UCLA
Charlene Hartman, UCLA
Charlene Vener, UCLA
Charles L. Geshekter, UCLA
Charles Rosin, UC Berkeley
Chava Bieber, UCLA
Cheryl Herbstman, UC Irvine
Chloe Richdin, UCLA
Claude Ciocan, UCLA
Colby Davidson, UCLA
Craig Preston, UCLA
Dalia Hayon, UCLA
Dan Fuller, UC Santa Barbara
Dan Genud, UCLA
Dan Laks, UC Berkeley
Dan Shalom, UCLA
Dana Edelstein, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
Sanford N. Diller, UC Berkeley
Daniel A. Kaplan, UC Irvine, Hastings College of Law
Daniel Levinson, UC Irvine
Danit Ariel, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
Daryl Temkin, UCLA
David Boren, UC Berkeley
David De Castro, UCLA
David Dichner, UCLA
David E. Dann , UCLA
David Ehrenberg, UCLA
David Fischel, UCLA
David Gaertner, UC Berkeley
David Gitter, UCLA
David Halahmy, UCLA
David Howell, UC Santa Cruz, UC Davis
David Jacobson, UCLA
David J. Taft, UCLA
David L. Moring, UC Riverside
David Lalezari, UC Irvine
David Neal Miller, UC Santa Cruz
David Polak, UCLA
David Resnick, UCLA
David Rosenheimer, UC Santa Barbara
David Savar, UCLA
David Shpak, UC Davis
David Siegel UC Berkeley
David Zalk, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara
David Ziskrout, UCLA
Debbie Schulner, UCLA
Debbie Winokur, UCLA
Debora Dennison Schulman, UCLA
Deborah M. Feiler, UC Berkeley
Deborah P. Oles, UCLA
Deborah Pouratian Heald, UCLA
Debra Glazer, UC Irvine
Debra Gornon, UC Berkeley
Debra Mendelson, UC Berkeley
Dick Hartman, UCLA
Dina Levy, UCLA
Dmitri Gelfand, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine
Don Neumark, UCLA
Donald P. Allen, UC Berkeley
Donald Sacks, UCLA
Donald C. Lipkis, UCLA
Doreen De Leon, UCLA
Doug Kruschke, UCLA
E. Brown, UCLA
Ed Canas, UCLA
Ealon Joelson, UC Berkeley
Earl Goldberg, UCLA
Earl Lewis Goldberg, UCLA
Eddie Blau, UCLA
Edward B. Rockower, UCLA
Edward Mizrahi, UCLA
Edwin Shapiro, UC Berkeley
Eileen Anisgarten Brown JD, UCLA
Eileen Schiff Wingard, UCLA
Elaine Goodfriend, UC Berkeley
Elaine Hearst Albert, UCLA
Elaine Isaacson, UC Berkeley
Elan Freedberg, UC Berkeley
Eli Avtzon, UCLA
Elina Veytsman, UCLA
Eliott Goretsky, UC Irvine
Elizabeth Alkaly, UCLA
Elizbeth Beattie, UC Berkeley
Elizabeth Belser, UC Santa Cruz
Ellen Fox, UC Riverside
Ellice Papp, UC Berkeley
Emanuel Gottlieb, UCLA
Emily Resnick, UCLA
Eric Goldberg, UCLA
Eric K. Biren, UC Berkeley
Eric Sirkin, UC Berkeley
Eric Strauss, UC Berkeley
Ernest S. Fried, UC Berkeley
Esther Kandel, UCLA
Esther Moscona, UC San Diego
Esther Varda Beck, UCLA
Etan Lorant, UCLA
Faith Schames, UCLA
Fariba Fischel Ghodsian, UCLA
Felisa Bluwal Pivko , UCLA
Francoise Farron, UC Berkeley
Frank Ariel, UCLA
Frank Ponde, UCLA
Fred R. Hecht, UCLA
Frieda Rapoport Caplan, UCLA
Gabriella Dakteris, UC Berkeley
Gadi Maier, UC Berkeley
Gail Bernstein, UCLA
Gail Budin Rubin, UC Berkeley
Gal Sitty, UCLA
Gary Aminoff, UCLA
Gary Bachrach, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Gary Frank, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Gary Klehr, UC Berkeley
Gary M. Epstein, UC Riverside
Gary Pearl, UCLA
Gary Shapiro, UCLA
Georgiana Flaherty, UC Berkeley
Gerald B. Leib, UC Berkeley
Gideon Rappaport, UC Santa Cruz
Gina Rosenfield, UC Davis
Grant Edelstone, UC Berkeley
Gregg M.Lane,UC Berkeley
Gregory Halprin, UCLA
Guy Husavy, UCLA
Hadar Zenah, UCLA
Hanni Mittelmann, UCLA
Harvey Katz, UC Berkeley
Haya Handel, UCLA
Heather Green, UC Riverside
Heather Hoppus, UC Irvine
Heather Howell, UC Davis
Hedy Woolf, UCLA
Helena Z. Katz , UCLA
Henry Fenton, UCLA
Hillary Bibicoff, UCLA
Holly Baral, UC Santa Cruz
Hope Anisgarten, UCLA
Howard Eisenberg, UC Berkeley
Howard Goodman, UCLA
Rabbi Howard Laibson, UC Santa Cruz
Howard Lesner, UCLA
Howard Meyers, UCLA
Howard R. Weisenfeld, UCLA
Ira Benjamin Katz, UCLA
Iris Maybloom, UCLA
Isabella Romalatti, UCLA
Israel G. Burstain, UCLA
Israel Harkham, UC San Diego
Ivan Ahmady, UC Irvine
Ivo Gerscovich, UC Santa Barbara
Ivy Greene, UCLA
J. Barry Gurdin, UCLA
Jack Bruker, UCLA
Jack Kessler, UC Berkeley
Jacob Goldberg, UC Berkeley
Jacqueline Rafii, UCLA
Jacques Adlere, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara
Jake Steinberg, UCLA
Jamie Cooperstein, UCLA
Jane C. Jordan, UC Berkeley
Jane Rubin, UC Berkeley
Janet Widerspan, UC Berkeley
Jason Cirlin, UCLA
Jay Abouaf, UC Santa Cruz
Jay Saadian, UCLA
Jay Walker, UCLA
Jeff Wieder, UCLA, UC San Diego
Jeffrey A. Carmel, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Jeffrey Barke, UC Irvine
Jeffrey D. Shapiro, UC San Diego
Jeffrey Kandel, UCLA
Jeffrey Lance, UCLA
Jeffrey Eyelkreif, UCLA
Jenna Passer Schule, UC Davis
Jennifer Dekel, UCLA
Jerome Marks, UCLA, UC Berkeley
Jerry Greenberg, UCLA
Jerry Schneider, UC Berkeley
Jessica Teisch, UC Berkeley
Joan Jurancich, UC Davis
Joan Sopher, UC Berkeley
Joanne Serin, UCLA
Joannie Burstein, UCLA
Jocelyn Robinson, UC Santa Cruz
Jodi (Alcalay) Frankenbach, UCLA
Jody Fox, UCLA
Joe Anderson, UC Santa Barbara
Johanna Wilder, UC Santa Cruz
John Stone, UC Santa Barbara
John Poris, UC Santa Barbara
John Segall, UC Berkeley
Jon Wilson, UC Berkeley
Jonathan Aron, UCLA
Jonathan Herskowitz, UCLA
Jonathan Lehrer-Graiwer, UCLA
Jonathan Lifton, UC Berkeley
Jonathan Meltzer, UC Berkeley
Jonathan Nassi, UCLA
Jonathan Schreiber, UCLA
Jonathon Krasny, UCLA
Jordan Warburg, UC Santa Barbara
Jordana King, UC Berkeley
Joseph Leibowitz, UC Berkeley
Joshua Cloner
Joshua Guss, UC Santa Barbara
Joyce Beattie, UC Santa Cruz
Joyce Ellenberg, UC Berkeley
Judie Wachs Friedman, UCLA
Judith S. Sher, UC LA
Judith Sher, UCLA
Judith Weiner, UCLA
Julia Raysh, UCLA
June Brott, UC San Francisco
Justin Sadie, UCLA
Karen Herskovic, UC Davis
Karen Kronick, UC Berkeley
Karen R. Platow Juergens, UCLA
Karol Delmar, UC Santa Cruz
Kayvan Gabbay, UCLA
Keith Abouaf, UC San Diego
Kelly, UC Irvine
Kelly Littleton, UCLA
Kenneth Fields , UCLA
Kenny Bendik, UCLA
Kevin Chroman, UC Berkeley
Kipp Cohen, UCLA
Kristin (Anderson) Rose, UC Davis
L.Katz, UCLA
Lanren Pearl, UCLA
Larik Malish, UC San Diego
Larry Bamberger, UCLA
Laura H Segall, UC Santa Cruz
Laura Nathan, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara
Laura Record, UCLA
Lauran Engel, UCLA
Lauren Helfand, UC Santa Cruz
Laurie Boxer, UCLA
Lawrence Fried, UC Berkeley
Lawrence J Polon, UC Berkeley
Lawrence M. Grossman, UCLA
Leah Markus, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Lenore E. Cohen, UCLA
Leonard J. Roth, UCLA
Leonard Jacobson, UC Berkeley
Leora Udkoff, UCLA
Leslie Goldfarb, UCLA
Leslie Weinstein, UC Berkeley
Lillian Lieber, UCLA
Lillian Sack Lieber, UCLA
Linda (Agay) Calhoun, UCLA
Linda Chap, UCLA
Linda Silverstein, UCLA
Linda Tochterman, UC Berkeley, UC Davis
Linda Weiner, UCLA
Lindsay Sirkin, UCLA
Lirit King, UC Santa Barbara
Lisa Agay, UCLA
Lisa Sherman, UCLA
Liz Milan, UCLA
Loren Kaiser, UC Santa Barbara
Loren Witkin, UCLA
Lori Asher Meyers, UC Berkeley
Lori Edelstone, UC Berkeley
Lucille Benveniste Veron, UCLA
Lynda Shapiro, UCLA
Marat Galperin, UCLA
Marc Cohen, UCLA
Marc Gipsman, UCLA, UC San Diego
Marc L. Andres, UCLA
Marcia Trost Rozelle, UCLA
Marcie Joy Meier, UCLA
Marisa Belinfante, UCLA
Mark Davidson, UCLA
Mark Farber, UCLA
Mark Feldman, UCLA
Mark Herskoyitz, UCLA
Mark J. Pearl, UCLA
Mark Langberg, UCLA
Mark Levy, UC Berkeley
Mark Milstein, UCLA
Mark Mobilne, UC San Diego
Mark Wolf, UC Berkeley
Marla Wilson, UCLA
Marlene Tabak Maier, UC Berkeley
Marnin Weinreb, UCLA
Marsha Zicherman Epstein, UCLA
Martin E. Grant, UCLA
Martin S. Orgel, UCLA
Marv Ellenberg, UC Berkeley
Marvin Klein, UC Irvine
Maureen Ellenberg, UC Berkeley
Maureen Roszler , UCLA
Max Grossman, UC Berkeley
Maytal Abishoor, UCLA
Mea Fred Lane, UC Berkeley
Melissa Lorin, UC Santa Barbara
Michael A. Waterman, Esq, UCLA
Michael Dab, UC Berkeley, UCLA
Michael Davood, UCLA
Michael Hahn, UC Berkeley
Michael Katzeff, UCLA
Michael Lubin, UC San Diego
Michael O. Rosenheimer, UC Berkeley
Michelle Mayer, UC Irvine
Michelle Witkin, UCLA
Mike Fitzsimons, UCLA
Mike Rogson, UC Berkeley
Mina Rush
Mindla Millett, UCLA
Mindy Serin, UCLA
Mitchell Keiter, UCLA
ML Heller, UC Irvine
Monica Artavia Blut, UCLA
Monica Mizrachi, UC San Diego
Mor Weizman, UC Santa Barbara
Morris A. Budak, UCLA
Morris Richman, UC Berkeley
Moshe Abramovici, UCLA
Murray Haberman, UC Davis
Rabbi Nathanie l Ezray, UCLA
Nancy (Alpert) Francis, UCLA
Nancy Josephs Edelman, UCLA
Nancy Kornfield, UC Berkeley
Nancy R. Goodman Wiener, UC Berkeley
Nancy Singer, UC Berkeley
Naomi Pollack, UC Santa Cruz
Nathan Palanker, UC Berkeley
Naya Lekht, UCLA
Nazila Day-Zadeh, UCLA
Neal Jacobi, UC San Francisco
Nelson R Rosal, UCLA
Nicole Lance, UCLA
Niloofar Ghodsian, UCLA
Niloofar Shephard, UCLA
Nira Weiss, UCLA
Noah Berkowitz, UC Berkeley
Norman S. Namerow, UCLA
Pamela C Amundson, UC San Diego
Pamela Golchet, UCLA
Patricia Eliahu, UC Santa Cruz
Patricia Golde, UC Berkeley
Patricia Huizar, UCLA
Paula Gray, UCLA
Paula Leibowitz Shuman, UCLA
Paulina Wasco (Paulina Cisneros), UC San Diego
Pauline Regev, UCLA
Peter Schindler, UC Santa Barbara
Phil Liff-Greiff, UCLA
Philip C. Greenwald, UCLA
Phyllis Bloom, UC Berkeley
Phyllis Herskovitz, UCLA
Pollin Farzin, UCLA
Rachel Modena Barasch, UC Davis
Rachel Sperling, UC San Diego
Rachel Wallace, UC Santa Cruz
Rachel Zubaty, UC Santa Barbara
Rachele C. Raanan, UCLA
Raina Sinoty, UC Santa Barbara
Raizel Roszler Michelow, UCLA
Ralph Resnick, UCLA
Ram Alkalay
Ram Kosha Dillz
Randy Wolman, UCLA
Raphael Avraham, UC Davis
Raul Mirande, UC San Francisco
Rebecca Carpey, UCLA
Reinaldo D’Amico, UCLA
Renee Gingold, UCLA
Richard B. Weisberg, UC Irvine
Richard Bergman, UCLA
Richard Laurence, UCLA
Richard Leivenberg, UC Berkeley
Richard Morhaine, UCLA
Richard S.A. Siegel, UCLA
Rita Lewcowicz, UCLA
Robert Cohen, UCLA
Robert Greenwald, UC Davis
Robert K. Steinberg, UCLA
Robert Kleinman, UCLA
Robert L.Aronoff, UCLA
Robin Kopit, UC Santa Cruz
Rochelle Needle, UCLA
Roman Kleynberg, UCLA
Ronald Dresher, UCLA
Ronald Kaldro, UC Berkeley
Roy Shacter, UC Berkeley
Russell Berman, UC Berkeley
Ruth Horwitz, UC Santa Cruz
Sam Goldstein, UC Merced
Sam Lerner, UCLA
Sam Louke, UC Santa Barbara
Samuel B Liron, UC Berkeley
Sandy Hollander, UCLA
Sara Rigler, UCLA
Sarah Bloch, UCLA
Scott Falcone, UC Berkeley
Scott Silverman, UC Riverside
Scott Taryle, UC Davis, UC San Diego
Sean Nasseri, UCLA
Sean Saly, UC San Diego
Seth Dosick, UCLA
Seth Goldman, UCLA
Shai Abishoor, UCLA
Shalom Eliahu, UC Berkeley
Sharon Mayer, UCLA
Sharon Raber Davidson, UCLA
Sharon Rappaport, UC Santa Cruz
Sharona Yamini, UCLA
Shaul Nassi, UCLA
Shaun Berger, UC San Diego
Sheila Keiter, UCLA
Sheila Sperber, UCLA
Shelah Lehrer-Graiwer, UCLA
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Shelly Saltiel, UC San Diego
Shelton Ehrlich, UC Berkeley
Sheri Singer, UCLA
Sherry Heller Goldwasser, UC Berkeley
Shimon Weiss, UCLA
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Shivah Moreh, UCLA
Shlomo Elspas, UCLA
Siavash Kahen, UCLA
Sohail Manesh, UC San Francisco
Sol Zira, UCLA
Stanley Kandel, UCLA
Stanley R. Farkas, UC Riverside
Stefanie Maier, UC Santa Barbara
Stephanie D. Friedman, UC Berkeley
Stephen Gingold, UCLA
Stephen Seiff, UC Berkeley, UCLA, UC San Francisco
Stuart Bernstein, UC Berkeley
Stuart London, UC Davis
Stuart O. Schweitzer, UCLA
Susan Wilson, UC Berkeley
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Sylvia Lezk, UC San Francisco
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