The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) welcomed a resolution unanimously approved last night by the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association Council condemning anti-Semitism and calling on the student government to take actions to ensure that Jewish students are not subjected to discrimination.
The resolution comes in response to a series of troubling anti-Semitic incidents that have taken place on University of California campuses across the state. In one such incident last month, a student leader had her qualifications for a Judicial Board position come under question due to her Jewish identity and affiliation with the Jewish community on campus. In another episode, swastikas were scrawled on a campus building.
“We are pleased that the undergraduate students association introduced and voted unanimously in favor of this resolution, and that the four students initially involved in questioning the Jewish student’s ability to serve were among the resolution’s co-sponsors,” said Amanda Susskind, ADL Pacific Southwest Regional Director. “No student should ever be singled out because of their religion. That is bigotry, plain and simple, and it has no place on the college campus. The resolution recognizes this, and makes an effort to repair the damage from their earlier actions.”
Ms. Susskind added, “This vote follows on the heels of a series of positive steps on the UCLA campus, including the apologies of the students involved in the questioning for the Judicial Board position and condemnation of their actions by the administration.”