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LordNeuf
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 20, 2007 11:04 pm


This is from the web... so I'm not sure how reputable it is.


http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/936677.html

Here's the juicy bits.

The Office of Civil Rights, which operates under the auspices of the Department of Education, said in a report released last week that some Muslim student activities were offensive to Jewish students. But the report concludes the speeches, marches and other activities were based on opposition to Israeli policies, not the national origin of Jewish students.


"In its decision, OCR disregarded the fact that a Holocaust memorial was destroyed; that swastikas repeatedly defaced property on the campus; that a rock was thrown at a Jewish student; and that other Jewish students were harassed and verbally threatened with such statements as 'slaughter the Jews,' 'dirty Jew,' 'go back to Russia,' 'burn in hell,' and 'f_ _king Jew,'" the ZOA said in a press release.

In October 2004, the ZOA filed a complaint against the university under a federal statute which requires any body which receives government funding, including colleges and universities, make every effort to purge all forms of discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity from its programs and activities.

"OCR has sent a devastating message to Jews - that we don't care about your legitimate fears or your psychological and physical well-being," said ZOA chief Morton Klein, who called the decision "a disgrace."

I need some more info on this contraversy
PostPosted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:59 am


I'll email this link to someone with whom I work (at another Jewish publication) and see what they can come up with. I don't know if I'll get an answer before I leave for France; I probably won't be spending much time online from now until I get back. But whenever I do get back online, and get an answer, I'll let you know.

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PostPosted: Tue Jan 01, 2008 6:28 pm


As promised, here are some links related to this story. I asked a friend of mine, who reads a great deal of news stories and who likes to know the truth of matters, and he found these links for me. Judge for yourself the authenticity of the facts as presented:

http://chronicle.com/news/article/3612/u-of-california-at-irvine-cleared-in-investigation-of-anti-semitism

http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=13779

http://www.spme.net/cgi-bin/articles.cgi?ID=523

http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=22&x_article=1227

http://www.standwithus.com/news_post.asp?NPI=95
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