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Statement from ADL Los Angeles Regarding the Release of USC’s Advisory Committee on Jewish Life Report

A statement from Ariella Loewenstein, Deputy Regional Director of ADL Los Angeles, USC alumnus and member of USC’s Advisory Committee on Jewish Life (JLAC): “I am honored to serve and be ADL’s voice on the Advisory Committee on Jewish Life (JLAC). The release of this committee’s recommendations and President Folt’s acceptance of the final report is a strong first step

ADL Continues to Work with USC Hillel as a Trusted Partner

ADL Los Angeles continues to closely monitor recent activities on the USC Campus. Following a months-long campaign to impeach Undergraduate Student Government Vice President Rose Ritch, which ended with Vice President for Student Affairs Winston Crisp’s suspension of the impeachment trial, on Wednesday Ritch resigned her position. We are deeply concerned about the pattern of harassment Rose described in her

ADL Trains Camp Mountain Chai Staff on Security and Responding to Anti-Semitism

ADL trained about 80 camp staff at Camp Mountain Chai in two programs. In the morning session, Deputy Regional Director Ariella Loewenstein and San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Sergeant Jeff Allison led a presentation on institutional security, highlighting effective and relevant systems the Camp should take into consideration in maintaining and improving its security procedures. In the afternoon session, the

ADL Condemns Threatening Vandalism at CSUN

On December 5, 2018, a message threatening a mass shooting, along with a swastika, and threats specifically to African-Americans and Jews, were discovered in a bathroom in Sierra Hall.  This followed reports last week that a swastika along with the word “go!” was discovered in a bathroom in the same building.  ADL has been in touch with the campus police

ADL Commends Pitzer College President Oliver; Calls on Campus Community to Follow His Lead

We commend Pitzer College President Oliver for his strong condemnation of a motion approved by the school’s faculty on Monday to suspend the college’s study abroad program at Haifa University.  In his statement in front of the Pitzer College Council on Thursday evening, President Oliver argued that the motion “show[s] little or no consideration for our educational objectives and mission.”