to the editor: It's hard to reconcile staff writer Jaweed Kaleem's report on anti-Semitism on the UC campus (“Times Investigation: Former Trump Justice Department Lawyers Say 'Fraudulent' UC Anti-Semitism Investigations Led to Their Resignation,” December 13), which focuses on only one side of the story, with the following statement from U.S. District Court Judge Mark C. Scarsi in Frankel v. UC Regents:
“In the year 2024, in the United States of America, in the State of California, in the city of Los Angeles, Jewish students were excluded from parts of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith. This fact is so unimaginable and so abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom that it bears repeating: Jewish students were excluded from parts of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith. UCLA does not dispute this. Instead, UCLA claims that it does not has no responsibility to protect the religious freedom of its Jewish students.”
With this background, I hope that all Americans will support the Justice Department's investigation into possible civil rights violations against Jewish students on UC campuses, regardless of who occupies the Oval Office.
Merrit Maddux, Laguna Beach
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to the editor: The generalized and, yes, even rarely violent protests by university students about what is happening in Gaza had nothing to do with anti-Semitism. It was about fighting against the incredible suffering of the Palestinians and criticizing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his far-right government for their attacks on the Palestinian people.
It has always been a right of students and a great need to protest against wrongdoings and attacks on human rights.
Liselotte Millauer, Los Angeles
