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Orange County Hillel Gets Idea: Maybe There's Anti-Semitism On UC Irvine's Campus

Well that's nice. From an AP report filed last week - it looks like people at Hillel have noticed that something's not quite right on UCI's campus. The Zionist Organization of American has had a discrimination lawsuit pending against the UCI administration for two years, so it's nice to see that the center-left Jewish groups have taken notice:

A Jewish group said Tuesday it will form a task force to investigate "a growing number of anti-Semitic incidents" at the University of California, Irvine. The Hillel Foundation of Orange County said the task force will interview Jewish and non-Jewish students, professors, alumni, administration officials and religious leaders about their experiences during its year-long inquiry to "find out what is really happening as opposed to what is hearsay." "It's not a witch hunt," said Jeffrey Rips, the foundation's executive director. "There's a lot of people who are really concerned."

That little "hearsay" dig was added because students have been asking Hillel to be more militant for years, more or less to no avail. The solution proposed by the Hillel leadership has almost always defaulted to "more dialogue" with the Muslim students bringing in speakers who literally advocate genocide (wonder what those conversations would've been like...) So yeah, one might say that "there's a lot of people who are really concerned". Ah well, better late than never.

For bonus eyerolling, click through to the story and read the quotes from Hillel officials trying to wrap their minds around the situation. "There esems to be... an atmosphere of dislike for the state of Israel". Hey, you think? No really, these people are very good at their jobs.

References:
* Jewish group forming task force on anti-Semitism at UC Irvine [SF Gate]

Previously:
* UC Irvine Gives Interview to Anti-Semitic Hate Group, Wonders Why Everyone Thinks There's Anti-Semitism on Their Campus
* Terrrorists Hiding in Plain View at UC Irvine
* UC Irvine Outrage - Muslim Student Union Brings In Rabid Anti-Semite

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