PEN America Condemns UC Berkeley Protests That Turned Violent, With Reported Antisemitic Bigotry
March 01, 2024
March 01, 2024
NEW YORK, March 1 -- PEN America issued the following news release on Feb. 29, 2024:
PEN America today condemned protests at the University of California-Berkeley earlier this week that turned violent, included antisemitic slurs and gestures, and led to the cancellation of a planned lecture with Ran Bar-Yoshafat, deputy director of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an Israeli think tank.
"The violent protests and reports of antisemitic bigotry that led to the event cancel . . .
PEN America today condemned protests at the University of California-Berkeley earlier this week that turned violent, included antisemitic slurs and gestures, and led to the cancellation of a planned lecture with Ran Bar-Yoshafat, deputy director of the Kohelet Policy Forum, an Israeli think tank.
"The violent protests and reports of antisemitic bigotry that led to the event cancel . . .