The University of California Board of Regents will vote today on whether to endorse a statement on intolerance that condemns anti-Semitism, including some "forms of anti-Zionism." That condemnation departs significantly from a draft released last week that equated anti-Zionism generally with anti-Semitism and drew sharp criticism from some faculty members and others. The proposed Principles Against Intolerance, and their accompanying contextual information, are themselves a revised version of an statement proposed last year that attracted criticism from several directions. Jewish groups said it wouldn't do enough to fight the anti-Semitism they say is growing on University of California campuses, and others worried that the proposal would hamper free speech.

March 24, 2016 ・ From Inside Higher Ed