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November 20, 2024

Jewish Students Are Claiming a University Violated Their First Amendment Rights. A Federal Judge Thinks They Might Have a Case

Religious freedom on Royce Quad.

Last spring, UCLA was the location of one of the ugliest campus anti-Israel movements, which took over the main quad and prevented students from crossing it unless they wore a special wristband. “To receive such a wristband,” explains Michael A. Helfand, “one had to pledge allegiance to the anti-Israel views of the protesters and, in addition, be personally vouched for by one of them as ideologically sound.” A Jewish student named Joshua Ghayoum claims that he was physically intimidated when he tried to ignore these rules, and—along with two other students—is now suing the school for violating their First Amendment rights.

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