The University of California, Los Angeles dismissed its appeal to a judge’s devastating Aug. 13 ruling that found the school has failed in its responsibility to maintain equal access to programs, activities, and campus areas for Jewish and non-Jewish students alike.
UCLA has decided to pull its appeal, which the school originally filed this week, to a federal judge’s ruling against UCLA’s support for “Jewish Exclusion Zones” and anti-Semitic campus encampments. Mark Rienzi, an attorney for the three Jewish students who sued the college for “aiding and abetting a culture” of anti-Semitism, said UCLA’s decision signifies the first step on the “road to recovery.”
“We’re glad to see UCLA in full retreat. Appealing Judge Scarsi’s very reasonable order to stop discriminating against Jews was always a bad idea,” Rienzi said in a statement. “Dismissing that appeal is the first step on the road to recovery of a campus that welcomes…
