{"id":111181,"date":"2024-02-29T18:00:35","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T16:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=111181"},"modified":"2024-02-29T12:38:33","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T10:38:33","slug":"04-00-86","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reunion68.se\/?p=111181","title":{"rendered":"University of California Santa Barbara Says Campus is \u2018Distressed\u2019 By Antisemitic Harassment"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>University of California Santa Barbara Says Campus is \u2018Distressed\u2019 By Antisemitic Harassment<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

Dion J. Pierre<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Fourth-year University of California Santa Barbara student Tessa Veksler. Photo: Chabad on Campus International\/Facebook<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

University of California-Santa Barbara (UCSB) has issued a statement condemning the antisemitic harassment of its Jewish student body president, Tessa Veksler, while reports emerged on social media that a school official who engaged in antisemitic conduct in the building where Veksler was harassed has been terminated.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe campus was distressed to learn of incidents over the weekend that included offensive social media message and signage on one of our buildings,\u201d a university spokesperson told\u00a0The Algemeiner\u00a0<\/em>in a statement. \u201cThe signage has been removed and campus is conducting a bias incident review based on potential discrimination related to protected categories that include religion, citizenship, and or ethnic origin.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The spokesperson added, \u201cThe posting of such messages is a violation of our principles of community and inclusion.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As\u00a0The Algemeiner\u00a0<\/em>previously reported<\/a>, UCSB Student Association president Tessa Veksler discovered in the school\u2019s multicultural center over a dozen messages, written on placards, which said, \u201cresistance is justified,\u201d \u201cyou can run but you can\u2019t hide Tessa Veksler,\u201d and \u201cget these Zionists out of office.\u201d In marker, someone else graffitied \u201cZionist not allowed\u201d on the door, just inches away from a mezuzah.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tessa Veksler is a fourth year political science major who was elected in April 2023 as president of UCSB Associated Students (AS), making history by becoming the school\u2019s first ever Shabbat observant student body president. At the time, she told\u00a0The Algemeiner\u00a0<\/em>that becoming president was always a \u201cfar-distant\u201d goal of hers.<\/span><\/p>\n

On Wednesday, StopAntisemitism, an antisemitism watchdog,\u00a0reported<\/a>\u00a0that Micky Brown, a multicultural center employee who once used the center\u2019s social media account to say that Jews should \u201cgo back to Poland,\u201d is no longer employed by the university. Additionally, \u201call near feature events\u201d the multicultural center planned to hold this semester are canceled, StopAntisemitism added.<\/span><\/p>\n

The harassment to which Tessa Veksler was subjected prompted reactions across social media. Jewish community leaders, as well as her friends, denounced the conduct and noted that it is representative of the experiences of Jewish college students throughout the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNo one deserves this kind of harassment and hate. When will California leaders address the antisemitic rot sweeping their public universities?\u201d Jacob Baime, executive director of Israel on Campus Coalition (ICC) told\u00a0The Algemeiner\u00a0<\/em>in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n

US colleges and universities have experienced an alarming spike in antisemitic incidents \u2014 including demonstrations calling for Israel\u2019s destruction and the\u00a0intimidation and harassment of Jewish students<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 since Hamas\u2019 Oct. 7 massacre across southern Israel. Between Oct. 7 and Dec. 18, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) recorded 470 antisemitic incidents on college campuses alone.<\/span><\/p>\n

In its statement, University of California-Santa Barbara said it is \u201ccommitted to thoroughly reviewing and addressing all reported bias incidents.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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