To the editor: The Los Angeles Instances (“UCLA’s Jewish group unites in opposition to Trump’s $1-billion demand: ‘Misguided and punitive,’” Aug. 1) failed to completely confront statements by UCLA school that minimized antisemitism. In actual fact, the Jewish School Resilience Group (which I chair) and the Job Pressure on Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli Bias at UCLA have documented repeated and violent assaults on Jewish college students and school by pro-Palestinian protesters earlier than, throughout and after the 2024 encampment. Minimizing this actuality retraumatizes Jews on campus who’ve already endured hostile situations.
Over the previous 18 months, JFRG has supplied UC leaders with proof and a roadmap to handle antisemitism. The actual query is whether or not the college’s leaders, school and the media have studied this proof with the seriousness it deserves — or skimmed previous it, selecting the consolation of distance over the accountability of motion.
Kira Stein, Los Angeles
This author is an assistant scientific professor on the David Geffen Faculty of Drugs at UCLA and founder and chair of the Jewish School Resilience Group.
..
To the editor: I can’t agree extra with the writers of this piece (“Trump’s declare of combating antisemitism at UCLA is a harmful charade,” Aug. 19). I’d identical to to emphasise and paraphrase a few its ideas: President Trump needs $1 billion from UCLA and if UCLA doesn’t discover a resolution aside from the settlement, there can be devastating losses to analysis, jobs, and many others. Actually a Faustian discount with sturdy traces of a mafia-style shakedown. And Trump says he’s doing this to fight antisemitism. This outrageous scheme can be arduous to imagine if it weren’t taking place earlier than our eyes.
Nate Tucker, Costa Mesa
..
To the editor: I don’t imagine for a minute that Trump goes after UCLA for the good thing about Jews and to struggle antisemitism. He couldn’t care much less about us and is utilizing us to additional his trigger, no matter that be. He’s placing the Jewish folks within the highlight for all of the improper causes, and is, in truth, inflicting extra antisemitism. Please, Trump, go away and depart us alone.
Batiya Anna Lane, Palm Desert
..
To the editor: The absurdity of the $1-billion nice Trump proposed for antisemitism at UCLA was proven by the 2 op-eds on one web page of The Instances (“Black folks on campuses help combating antisemitism and in addition surprise, ‘What about us?,’” Aug. 19).
Trump’s nice jogged my memory of Isaac Asimov’s warning that “when stupidity is taken into account patriotism, it’s unsafe to be clever.”
Trump’s persevering with assaults on our universities, data and details are extraordinary risks to our democracy.
Brian Federici, Riverside
