The UC Regents will meet at UCSF-Mission Bay this coming May 20th and 21st, where there will be time for public comments sessions, at 3pm and 8:30pm respectively.

At a time where the campus climate, specifically at UC schools, is not a conducive one to success for Jewish students, this meeting presents a constructive opportunity to re-address and identify Anti-Semitic activity.

Anti-Semitism on American college campuses has surged recently. The Brandeis Center-Trinity College Anti-Semitism Report, released this past February, showed that over half of U.S. Jewish college students face Anti-Semitism. It is particularly high in the UC schools. This concern was shared in a recent letter to UC President Janet Napolitano from 23 organizations, including the Brandeis Center.

The Jewish community must stand strong against acts of intimidation and injustice.

As a way to do so, please help circulate the following petitions that will be presented at the Regents meeting:

  1. a) For UC Students: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2139370/UC-Students-Concerned-About-Antisemitism-at-the-University-of-California
  1. b) For UC Alumni: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2100873/UC-Alumni-Concerned-About-Antisemitism-at-the-University-of-California
  1. c) For UC Faculty: http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2090000/UC-Faculty-Concerned-About-Antisemitism-at-the-University-of-California
  1. d) For CA Rabbis (all denominations): http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2069640/Rabbi-s-Concerned-About-Antisemitism

LDB President Kenneth L. Marcus stated: “Following several incidences of Anti-Semitism over the past year at the UCs, the public must come together to fight back against injustice towards Jewish students, and all student alike.”