Professors condemn anti-Semitism at Irvine

Forty faculty members at U.C. Irvine have signed an open letter decrying heated anti-Israel and anti-Semitic rhetoric on campus. The signers include Jewish and non-Jewish professors.

Published on the website of the Orange County Independent Task Force on Anti-Semitism, the letter reads in part: “We … are deeply disturbed about activities on campus that foment hatred against Jews and Israelis.” It went on to list recent incidents, such as “the painting of swastikas in university buildings” and “a statement (by a speaker repeatedly invited by the Muslim Student Union) that the Zionist Jew is a party of satan.”

To read the letter in full, go to http://www.octaskforce.wordpress.com.