{"id":2332392,"date":"2024-08-28T09:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-28T13:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-making-several-changes-to-combat-antisemitism-this-school-year-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-28T09:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T13:15:02","slug":"uc-berkeley-making-several-changes-to-combat-antisemitism-this-school-year-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uc-berkeley-making-several-changes-to-combat-antisemitism-this-school-year-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"UC Berkeley making several changes to combat antisemitism this school year &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuc-berkeley-making-several-changes-to-combat-antisemitism-this-school-year-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2332392&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The University of California, Berkeley is implementing several measures to tackle antisemitism in the upcoming 2024-25 school \u200cyear. This initiative includes expanding antisemitism education programs for students, staff, and faculty, and enforcing new \u200dpolicies such as prohibiting encampments and the use of masks to conceal identities on campus. Former Chancellor Carol Christ highlighted the troubling rise in \u2063antisemitic expressions, underscoring the need for enhanced educational efforts. <\/p>\n<p>The Antisemitism Education Initiative, started in 2019, will focus on three key areas: orientation\u2063 programs for incoming students, intensive training for resident advisors (RAs), and online training for\u200c members of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-state-theatre-performance-excluded-white-students-school-claims-they-could-have-participated\/\" title=\"Arizona State Theatre Performance Excluded White Students, School Claims They Could Have Participated\">registered student organizations<\/a>. The goal is to increase awareness and understanding of antisemitism as\u200d well as Islamophobia. These educational enhancements will accompany broader policy updates\u2062 from the University of California system, aimed at fostering a safer and more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jewish-university-petitions-supreme-court-to-protect-its-freedom-to-apply-the-torah\/\" title=\"Jewish University Petitions Supreme Court To Protect Its \u2018Freedom To Apply the Torah\u2019\">inclusive campus environment<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">UC Berkeley making several changes to combat antisemitism this school year<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1739147\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; The University of California Berkeley is expanding its antisemitism education in the 2024-25 school year as well as banning encampments and prohibiting masking to conceal one&rsquo;s identity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Former Chancellor Carol Christ announced &ldquo;new campus programs to provide antisemitism education to larger numbers of students, staff, and faculty,&rdquo; in a letter to the Chancellor&rsquo;s Advisory Committee on Jewish Student Life and Campus Climate.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The ensuing rise in reports of antisemitic expression, including on our own campus, is deeply disturbing,&rdquo; Christ wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The Center Square reached out to Christ for comment twice and received no response.<\/p>\n<p>The major components of Berkeley&rsquo;s antisemitism education expansion will take place in &ldquo;three main areas,&rdquo; program director of Berkeley&rsquo;s Antisemitism Education Initiative Gregg Drinkwater told The Center Square in a phone interview.<\/p>\n<p>Berkeley has run the Antisemitism Education Initiative since 2019 in an effort &ldquo;to promote antisemitism awareness and education,&rdquo; according to AEI&rsquo;s webpage.<\/p>\n<p>Of the three main areas Drinkwater spoke of, one is focused on incoming students, one on RAs, and one on registered student organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Incoming students received expanded antisemitism education at Berkeley&rsquo;s Golden Bear Orientation. RAs receive a &ldquo;more intensive orientation process&rdquo; for their education, while registered student organizations&rsquo; signatories &ldquo;do a series of online trainings&rdquo; that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-heartbeat-bill-takes-effect-with-scotus-approval\/\" title=\"Texas heartbeat bill takes effect with SCOTUS approval\">includes education<\/a> on antisemitism and Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are other places where we&rsquo;re going to see antisemitism training on campus,&rdquo; Drinkwater said, while stating that the three areas he mentioned are the biggest implementations.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to antisemitism education, Berkeley&rsquo;s policies are changing along with the whole UC system&rsquo;s after a call for it from the UC President Michael Drake.<\/p>\n<p>UC as a whole will be &ldquo;clarifying and reinforcing requirements for policies impacting expressive activities, including policies that prohibit camping or encampments, unauthorized structures, restrictions on free movement, masking to conceal identity, and refusing to reveal one&rsquo;s identity when asked to do so by University personnel,&rdquo; Drake said in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>The Center Square reached out to Drake to ask how UC Berkeley will move forward in creating a safe and inclusive climate and was directed to Berkeley&rsquo;s media relations by Stett Holbrook of UC Strategic Communications.<\/p>\n<p>The updates to UC&rsquo;s policies are an effort to &ldquo;ensure a safe, inclusive campus climate that fosters a free exchange of ideas,&rdquo; according to Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Last school year, Jews at Berkeley were subject to antisemitic behavior ranging from disrupting a private party to an &ldquo;attack on the building&rdquo; that housed a guest lecture.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We can fully enjoy the benefits of our community, that that community provides if we can debate and disagree without descending into identity-based condemnation,&rdquo; Berkeley Chancellor Rich Lyons said in a news release. &ldquo;Without violence, harassment, or discrimination, without infringing on the rights of others, I trust you will join me in support of our values and principles.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Berkeley is also launching a number of other programs in the effort to &ldquo;address the campus culture&rdquo; Assistant Vice Chancellor of Executive Communications Dan Mogulof told The Center Square.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these programs aim to &ldquo;foster constructive dialogue and understanding across lines of difference,&rdquo; and cultivate &ldquo;meaningful conversations about and across the political and ideological divides related to Palestine and Israel,&rdquo; according to Mogulof.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1739147\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1739147\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UC Berkeley is implementing various measures to address antisemitism during the 2024-25 academic year, including enhancing antisemitism education and prohibiting encampments and the use of masks to hide identities. In a letter to the Chancellor\u2019s Advisory Committee on Jewish Student Life and Campus Climate, former Chancellor Carol Christ detailed &#8220;new campus programs aimed at educating a larger audience of students, staff, and faculty&#8221; about antisemitism. She expressed concern over the increase in reports of antisemitic incidents on campus. The Center Square attempted to contact Christ for further comments but did not receive a response.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gregg Drinkwater, program director of Berkeley\u2019s Antisemitism Education Initiative (AEI), which has been active since 2019, the expansion will focus on three key areas: incoming students, resident assistants (RAs), and registered student organizations. Incoming students will receive enhanced education during Golden Bear Orientation; RAs will undergo a more comprehensive orientation; and members of registered student organizations will complete online training that covers topics such as antisemitism and Islamophobia.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to educational initiatives, UC Berkeley is revising its policies in line with directives from UC President Michael Drake. These changes aim to clarify rules regarding expressive activities\u2014including prohibitions against camping or encampments\u2014and requirements for revealing one\u2019s identity when requested by university personnel. Drake emphasized that these updates are intended to create a safe environment conducive to open dialogue.<\/p>\n<p>Last year saw instances of antisemitic behavior directed at Jewish individuals at Berkeley, prompting calls for action from university leadership. Chancellor Rich Lyons highlighted the importance of maintaining respectful discourse without resorting to violence or discrimination while fostering community engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Assistant Vice Chancellor Dan Mogulof mentioned that additional programs are being introduced with goals such as promoting constructive dialogue across differing perspectives related to Palestine and Israel issues within campus culture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3399,"featured_media":2332393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1399490449-1024x573.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[7053,39506,5152,39505,32076],"class_list":["post-2332392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-antisemitism","tag-campus-policy","tag-education","tag-uc-berkeley","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/iStock-1399490449-1024x573.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3399"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2332392"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2332392\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2332393"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2332392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2332392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2332392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}