In August 2022, at least nine student groups at the University of California, Berkeley Law School, adopted a bylaw excluding Zionist speakers, garnering national and global attention and ire, bringing to the fore both the rampant rise of antisemitism through the lens of "anti-Zionism," and the limits and boundaries of free speech, a bedrock principle of American law. As we sat and watched, the university wrapped itself up in a pretzel, trying to explain away, excuse, and minimize the conduct of its student groups. Incredulously, at the time the bylaw passed, the dean of UC Berkeley Law School, Erwin Chemerinsky,...
Monitoring Antisemitism Intel
