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.
Originally published in the Los Angeles Times