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Local attorney Gil Stein wrote a letter to the Santa Cruz Sentinel recently, saying that anti-Semitism is alive and well at UC Santa Cruz. The Sentinel, on November 18th, also reported that anti-Semitism is increasing on college campuses throughout the country. How is this possible in institutions of higher learning where parents of college students pay as much as $ 100,000 for four years so their children can become educated, fair-thinking members of society? Because Gil Stein’s letter is very worrisome, I will repeat portions of the letter along with my own thoughts so that many others in this area can be made aware of the ugly situation, which, if not confronted, will escalate just as it did in Germany in the early 1930s. Please listen, then register your outrage with the local chancellor and those irresponsible members of the faculty. Remember: When good people remain silent and do nothing, bad things happen and evil takes hold. It’s called ‘the sin of omission.’

Gil’s letter refers only to this campus where anti-Israel faculty and students intimidate Jewish students who express support for Israel. You won’t believe the following, but it’s true. Tenured professor Nancy Stoller, who teaches at this campus, was caught red-handed, removing flyers posted by pro-Israel students. This incident happened last year, but the then-chancellor just looked the other way.

Pro-Palestinian speakers receive university sponsorship, while pro-Israeli speakers are denied sponsorship by those same departments. The university promotes diversity, but not diversity with which they disagree. This policy of looking the other way when certain speakers spout racist venom needs to stop. Academic freedom should not be a cover for bigotry. All campuses should also be open to speakers who do not represent the views of the ”politically correct.”

Kudos to Gil Stein for uncovering this ugliness. I say shame on the biased and gutless faculty and leaders who encourage prejudice to fester in places of higher learning. We The People must vigorously protest to those accountable. Our publicly financed universities must no longer become institutions of hate and selective discrimination.