For Jewish and pro-Israel UCLA students, the atmosphere is poisonous. We feel attacked, ostracized, and threatened. Our identities are being rejected and our right to express our beliefs endangered. Our academic performance is being harmed unjustly; and our supporters are now targets of hate campaigns, baseless accusations, and unfair political and social retaliation.
Yet, we cannot give up hope that the situation can be changed, or that it can teach us something important. It can be an isolating experience wading through all of the social and mass media reports about the terrors at UCLA right now. But ultimately, they remind us of the need for competent, strong, and open-minded voices that can temper hate and bring us back to a place of tolerant coexistence.
This op-ed was originally published at The Tower.
Printed from: https://www.jewishpress.com/indepth/opinions/why-are-student-leaders-and-jewish-bruins-under-attack-at-ucla/2014/06/24/
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