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AMCHA Initiative
Lecturer in Hebrew at UC Santa Cruz and director of the AMCHA Initiative, which seeks to combat anti-Semitism on college campuses
PROFILE
Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
Guest
FROM Tammi Rossman-Benjamin
Which Way, L.A.?
Writing New Rules for Speech on Campus After a series of troubling incidents on campuses of the University of California, Jewish groups asked the Board of Regents to adopt the State Department's definition of anti-Semitism. UC President Janet Napolitano said she personally supported the State Department definition , which prohibits "demonization of Israel" or saying Israel has no right to exist, but that created an uproar.
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