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Is UC Irvine safe for Jews?

By Ben Harris · April 14, 2010

That’s the title of a cover story in the L.A. Jewish Journal.

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In response to a student government resolution in support of the Irvine 11, Jewish students at the University of California, Irvine brought their concerns directly to the student leadership this week. Jewish students are also pushing for their own resolution that would more generally endorse the right "to meet in an unrestricted environment." See video below.

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Oren to Irvine: Let’s talk

By Ben Harris · March 9, 2010

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has penned an open letter to the students of the University of California, Irvine, where he was plagued by hecklers.

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Quick follow-up on the Irvine protest (UPDATED)

By Ben Harris · March 3, 2010

So I’ve probably spent more time on this than it deserves, but I finally reached Marya Bangee, whose name and number were attached to the press release announcing yesterday’s protest at UCI. The release accuses Mark Yudof, the UC president, of "conflating" what happened at the Michael Oren speech with other acts of racism that shook UC campuses over the past week.

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Protests at Irvine

By Ben Harris · March 3, 2010

Protestors at the University of California, Irvine come out in support of the students arrested for disrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.

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No anti-Semitism at UCI, says dean

By Ben Harris · February 23, 2010

The more things change ....

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The Irvine 11 (UPDATED)

By Ben Harris · February 19, 2010

That, apparently, is how the arrested Irvine students are being described by their supporters on campus.

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Is heckling a right?

By Ben Harris · February 18, 2010

The Council on American Islamic Relations thinks so. The group, along with the National Lawyers Guild (according to its website, a group that is an "effective political and social force in service of the people") has publicly come out and defended the rights of the students arrested at the University of California, Irvine last week, saying that interrupting Oren "falls within the purview of protected speech." This follows a public call for an inquiry by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, whose executive director, though a little more circumspect than CAIR, also described the arrested students in glowing terms, as individuals with "the courage and conscience to stand up against aggression."