tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-278772912024-03-06T20:15:13.194-08:00Concerned UCI StudentThis blog is an online repository of anti-Semitic actions, events, people, & organizations at the University of California, Irvine, and includes commentary on religious, political, and ethnic issues.<p> While UCI is not the only US campus with anti-Semitism, without a doubt the campus has had more than its fair share. The bigotry and reactions & non-reactions to it need to be documented and publicized – The World Must Know.<p>Disclaimer: Material by others may not necessarily reflect my views.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger275125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-20837369426931615592010-04-08T08:36:00.001-07:002010-04-08T08:44:30.480-07:00IPT alleges MSU leadership flagrantly lied about planning Oren disruptionH/T: ZOA of OC / OC Independent Task Force on Anti-SemitismIf this is true, it's a major smoking gun: LinkAll I can say is SON OF A [expletive withheld]If this is true, UCI *must* revoke the MSU's charter immediately and punish the students for flagrant violations of innumerable campus policies and laws.If UCI does not act, UCI Chancellor Drake should resign or be fired.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-40698313401098034592010-03-19T12:06:00.000-07:002010-03-19T12:16:55.143-07:00UCI Jewish student leadership FINALLY stands up for their rightsJust got this off of the Orange County Independent Task Force on Anti-Semitism at UCI.I applaud the UCI Jewish students and, even more, their leadership for finally, Finally, FINALLY standing up for their rights.Thank you also to the OCITF for posting this!Full story and video below:(The OCITF applauds the Jewish students for speaking out against censorship and “years” of anti-Semitism at UC Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-45039101824825508752008-12-29T08:25:00.000-08:002008-12-29T08:27:57.052-08:00YNetNews: Our speech at the UNOriginal LinkAssaf Wohl presents Gaza operation speech he wrote for our United Nations ambassadorBy Assaf WohlMembers of the United Nations,Democracies, dictatorships, republics, and the honorable secretary-general: Within a few hours, media outlets in your countries shall present horrific photos of blood, fire, and rubble from the Gaza Strip. The Palestinians will be screaming, in front of the Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-44762569285512661282008-12-28T17:17:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:18:45.426-08:00IAF strike on underground Qassam rocket launching siteFrom Internet Haganah:Note the abortive flight of a rocket after the strike.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-11755786091096539942008-12-28T17:10:00.000-08:002008-12-28T17:15:47.511-08:00LGF: Flying Pig Alert: Egypt Blames HAMASFrom LGF:As Israeli forces prepare to enter Gaza on land, and warplanes continue to attack Hamas targets from the air, the Foreign Minister of Egypt is blaming ... Hamas?Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-34825840871288271412008-10-04T10:16:00.000-07:002008-10-04T10:35:44.965-07:00Representative from Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood being hosted by UCI Academic DivisionsHat Tip: An alert member of the UCI Faculty FamilyThe UCI History Department, MESSI, and two UCI research centers are bringing to campus a representative from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.Click here for a selection of quotations from the leadership of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood showing their support for violence.Original Link from UCI School of Social SciencesTitle: Religion and Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-17030723534668380842008-10-04T08:22:00.001-07:002008-10-04T10:29:05.724-07:00A selection of quotes from the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leadership showing support for violenceThis is a selection of quotes - I will be adding more as time permits.From MEMRI (Middle East Media Research Institute): Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Sheik Mahdi Akef: We Are Ready to Send 10,000 Men to Palestine, But It Is the Egyptian Government that Should Arm ThemVideo ClipFollowing are excerpts from an interview with Sheik Muhammad Mahdi 'Akef, Leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, which Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-49822661633651726622008-08-07T14:40:00.000-07:002008-08-07T14:43:12.468-07:00Ynet: Miki Goldwasser: No More GesturesAgain, I sense my tribalism here.From: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3579077,00.html10:21 , 08.07.08No more gesturesInstead of releasing more prisoners, we need to get something for a changeMiki GoldwasserOn Wednesday I met with Noam Shalit, the father of abducted IDF soldier Gilad. Yet the very same day, we heard about Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas’ delusional request to our primeUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-46242114303657651862008-08-05T15:45:00.000-07:002008-08-07T14:43:47.158-07:00Jerusalem Post: The real victims are...Hat Tip: Israel MatzavI am not completely sure how to respond to this. Samuel Friedman's Salon.com April 2002 article "Going Tribal" described to a T what I was feeling at that time. Those feelings have returned to a certain degree.That's all I'll say for now.Elizabeth Devorah Goren-Friedman, 54, who was killed in the murderous bulldozer attack in Jerusalem on Wednesday. Photo: ReproductionThe Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-17536476235681053282008-06-07T09:33:00.000-07:002008-06-07T09:36:39.323-07:00US Dept of Ed Reopening UCI Civil Rights ComplaintApparently the fat lady hasn't sung yet.Read all about it at:Red County Campus WatchReut R. Cohen's BlogUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-26290005097883897822008-05-09T21:58:00.000-07:002008-05-10T22:23:21.185-07:00Praise and commentary on the UC iFest 2008I have to praise Hillel, Jewish Federation, Anteaters for Israel, AEPi, and Epsilon Phi for putting on the 2008 UC iFest. My only participation was as a spectator for the "Israeli" Shabbas Dinner, but this video shows what they did over the past week.Educating the students, faculty, administration, staff, and local community members with the positive facts about Israel was a great step.The Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-78392566193992031532008-05-06T12:49:00.000-07:002008-05-06T13:16:44.050-07:00Petition: "Renounce Hate at UC Irvine"http://www.petitiononline.com/ucimsu01/petition.htmlPlease pass the above link around. We need as many signatures as possible - especially from UCI Faculty, Staff, Administration, and Students.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-83885845452345642712008-04-26T13:41:00.000-07:002008-04-30T09:54:02.067-07:00MSU quietly posts announcement for their upcoming 2008 Anti-Zionism WeekHat Tip: Reut R CohenStrangely, the MSU isn't touting their events too highly on their website. It's a tiny little link in the upper left hand corner of their website. Are they afraid of something?Click on each thumbnail below to see the full-size version:FrontBackHere's the text on the back:May 14th, 2008 marks 60 years since the beginning of the Palestinian tragedy, commonly referred to by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-49994014159381770912008-03-10T07:27:00.000-07:002008-03-10T07:42:41.009-07:00Al-Jazeera: Mark LeVine: Tragedy of Israel and PalestineHat Tip: A FriendLink to articleSUNDAY, MARCH 09, 20088:15 MECCA TIME, 5:15 GMTTragedy of Israel and PalestineBy Mark LevineThe father of 18 days-old newborn Palestinian baby girl Amira Abu Asr, who was shot in the head by Israeli soldiers, mourns during her funeral on March 5 [GALLO/GETTY]Americans have grown so accustomed to the disastrous dynamics operating between Israelis and Palestinians Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-21871283961750795522008-02-14T09:28:00.000-08:002008-02-14T09:36:34.450-08:00OC Independent Task Force on Anti-Semitism at UCI releases its reportI am glad that the team of laymen and religious leaders - both Jewish and non-Jewish - decided to finish the interviews of UCI students, alumni, faculty, staff, community members, and even one politician, then write this 30 Page Report in PDF format. I thank all of them for sticking it out and putting in so much time to get the job done right.It completely contrasts with the report issued two Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-62251334429549910482007-12-12T08:25:00.000-08:002008-03-11T06:45:32.394-07:00US Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights issues report on UCI's response to anti-SemitismI will comment later once I have time to read through everything.The 11-page report, as published by the OC RegisterFull article: (Link)Civil rights investigation clears UCIAgency says lack of evidence in allegations by Jewish students.by MARLA FISHERThe Orange County RegisterIRVINE – A federal civil rights investigation into allegations of anti-Semitism at UC Irvine found “insufficient evidence”Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-4350776963700392162007-12-04T08:46:00.000-08:002007-12-05T15:35:03.709-08:00Professor Dershowitz's speech from last ThursdayUPDATE 12/5/2007 3:31 PM PSTA friend helped me summarize the text below:My beef is that Professor Dershowitz did not say, and should have said Thursday night or in reply to my email "yes, I said those words" and then talked about the context of that section the Salon.com article - how he was trying to come up with an acceptable form of torture, and how testicles, while used by most torturers, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-86218624290888760212007-11-28T11:19:00.001-08:002007-11-28T11:22:27.894-08:00Just to round things out......a list of attempts by the UCI administration to reduce the anti-Semitism on campus:Both of these, unfortunately, primarily preached to the choir:Fall 2004 Quarter: Inter-religious dialogues: event list PDF - Note: During the Common Ground discussion, I thought there was a breakthrough when one of the Muslim members of Common Ground told a Muslim student that the anti-Semitism was unacceptable.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-64613466411001235362007-11-28T11:04:00.001-08:002007-11-28T11:07:01.998-08:00Chancellor Drake's Expressed Chosen Ignorance - May 31 2007Orange County Register: UCI falls short on a test of leadershipLA Times: Harsh speech called free speech at UC IrvineCommentary from the Concerned UCI Student on the event - includes links to a full audio recording of the eventDaily Pilot: Voices from UCIUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-77057828205104538862007-11-28T10:53:00.000-08:002008-03-10T08:10:23.259-07:00Posts on Middle East History Classes at UCINote: there will be some overlap due to entries with both tags as well as dual coverageMy posts tagged with "Lina Kreidie", UCI lecturerReut R Cohen's posts tagged with "Lina Kreidie"My posts tagged with "Mark LeVine", UCI Professor of the Modern Middle EastReut R Cohen's posts tagged with "Mark LeVine"Google Search of Red County's posts on Mark LeVineGoogle Search of OC Blog's posts on Mark Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-10143724870763874212007-11-28T08:41:00.000-08:002007-11-28T10:55:50.300-08:00Incidents violating UCI policies in the 2006-2007 school year aloneThis is just going to cover material from the 2006-2007 school year.Complaints filed in 2006-2007 school year:MSU violates UCI Code #41.20MSU Violates Code 42.30MSU *again* violates #102.02 Note that this is not the first time they've violated #102.02: they posted falsified quotations and quotations taken completely out of context on their "Apartheid Wall" in May 2006 and used a falsified Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-39935579000976952362007-10-23T08:34:00.001-07:002007-10-23T08:36:59.828-07:00Please Stay SafeTo those of you threatened by the fires, please stay safe.If you're interested in monitoring the situation, click this link for the Orange County Fire Authority update page.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-91521223891362932032007-06-14T09:12:00.000-07:002007-07-10T22:36:30.363-07:002006 to 2007 School Year at UCI: 23 out of 30 weeks had MSU-invited anti-Jewish SpeakersThis list, compared with the number of events from the 2005 - 2006 school year, shows an increase of 130%.--Amir Abdel Malik Ali, Imam Asi, Imam Mohammad al-Asi, Imam Abdel Aleem Musa, and Ward Churchill are all un-repentant anti-Jewish speakers.Sheik Sadullah Khan may have learned that his words do cause harm, and thus appears to have improved his language, in public at least.Kareem Elsayed, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-15000469548145234472007-06-10T06:43:00.000-07:002008-03-11T06:46:30.451-07:00OC Register: UCI deals with claims of anti-SemitismPosted March 10, 2008Here's an interesting quote from Mark LeVine, UCI tenured History Department Professor of the Modern Middle East, from the article below:UCI Professor Mark LeVine...said he tried to mediate between the two student groups, but gave the task up as hopeless."The only thing that would satisfy the critics now would be if they expelled every Muslim student and painted stars of Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27877291.post-88133495641056332522007-06-02T08:30:00.000-07:002007-06-10T15:36:21.404-07:00Chancellor Drake didn't tell the full truth at Shir HaMa'alot; some might say he liedAt the Chancellor Drake town hall forum two nights ago, the Chancellor was asked if he said the "one person's hate speech is another person's educational speech" statement. Click here for links to the full audio of the eventThe audio of this specific question and the Chancellor's response is hereSo how did the Chancellor answer the question?The Chancellor chose to do a joke about being Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1