When a UC Santa Cruz student leader is instructed to abstain from a BDS vote due to his allegiance to a “Jewish Agenda,” the proper response from the Jewish community is very simple: Such activities are anti-Semitic, and do not belong on diverse, pluralistic campuses.
This is only the latest case of anti-Semitism that has hit California campuses this year. Daniel Bernstein’s now-well-publicized story of pre-BDS vote harassment due to his involvement in a “Jewish agenda” demonstrates a hateful, naïve, and ineffective form of lobbying. Put simply, Bernstein was targeted for intimidation because he is a student leader of Jewish background, which is, by definition, anti-Semitic.
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