Five years ago, the Northern California campus where I now serve as an Israeli emissary experienced arguably its most infamous antisemitic moment. On Nov. 17, 2015, a Jewish member of the UC Santa Cruz student government was warned to abstain from voting on a pro-BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) resolution because he was the president…
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Opinion
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