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The federal government will be looking into whether UC Berkeley met its responsibility to protect the civil rights of Jewish students after some affinity groups at the law school pledged to bar outside speakers who support Zionism.
An anti-Zionist bylaw enacted by student groups at the university violates Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, say the attorneys whose complaint sparked the inquiry.
The bylaw represents “profound and deep-seated antisemitic discrimination” against Jewish students, faculty and staff at UC Berkeley Law School, according to the complaint.
Justice Louis D. Brandeis knew that Jewish, Zionist and American ideals were united as one.
From the blog of Jacob Baime at The Times of Israel