UCLA Student Government Condemns Anti-Semitism

Campus:

The student government at UCLA unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday that condemns all forms of anti-Semitism.​

In a crowded hall on the university’s Westwood campus, the Undergraduate Students Assn. Council voted 12 to 0 in favor of a five-page resolution that denounces the hatred of Jews and calls for fair treatment of the university’s Jewish population.​

The resolution, presented to the board by Hillel at UCLA, was spurred in part by the questions directed at a candidate for the student judicial panel, a board that examines ethics issues.

Undergraduate pre-law student Rachel Beyda was asked whether her being Jewish might present a conflict of interest on matters that came before the panel. Last year, the panel examined complaints from pro-Palestinian activists about whether two students violated rules by accepting free trips to Israel.

The council divided 4 to 4 on confirming Beyda, but after a faculty advisor notified students that questions on a candidate’s religion violated the rules, the council voted 9 to 0.

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Originally published in the Los Angeles Times