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Federal Judge Slams UCLA for Standing By as Jewish Students Were Barred From Parts of Campus

‘This fact is so unimaginable and abhorrent,’ Judge Mark Scarsi wrote

Protests’ aftermath at UCLA (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

A federal judge slammed the University of California, Los Angeles, on Tuesday for standing by as anti-Israel activists prevented Jewish students from accessing portions of campus.

“Jewish students were excluded from portions of the UCLA campus because they refused to denounce their faith,” U.S. District Judge Mark Scarsi wrote in a 16-page preliminary injunction. “This fact is so unimaginable and abhorrent to our constitutional guarantee of religious freedom that it bears repeating,” he added, repeating the previous statement with emphasis.

Three Jewish students, who filed the complaint in June, alleged that UCLA officials “routinely turned their backs on Jewish students, aiding and abetting a culture that has allowed calls for the…

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