Former Student President at UC-Santa Barbara Sues School, Alleging Antisemitic Harassment
“Tessa suffered this nightmare despite having repeatedly pleaded for help from UCSB administrators and representatives”
This has become so common in so many places that it’s easy to believe her claims.
The College Fix reports:
Former UCSB student government president sues school alleging antisemitic harassment
UC Santa Barbara’s former student government president recently filed a lawsuit against the university, alleging she was the victim of antisemitic abuse and harassment while campus leaders did nothing to protect her.
The lawsuit alleges Tessa Veksler, who is Jewish, was the “victim of repeated and systematic assaults and other abuse by a horde of antisemitic instigators on campus.”
“Tessa suffered this nightmare despite having repeatedly pleaded for help from UCSB administrators and representatives,” the complaint alleges. “But her pleas fell on deaf ears. And the assaults and abuse intensified, all with the full knowledge, consent, and even the active participation of one of the University’s representatives.”
The university’s media relations division did not respond to a request from The College Fix seeking comment. Most recently, attorneys for the university were granted extended time to respond to the lawsuit by Judge Christina Snyder. Their response is now due in April.
Veksler told The Fix she is not commenting on the case at this time.
Additionally, representatives from the World Jewish Congress, Jewish United Fund, and the National Council of Jewish Women did not provide commentary to The Fix upon request.
The controversy began after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed 1,200 Israeli civilians.
Veksler, the student government president at the time, posted in her personal capacity that she stood in solidarity with the people of Israel and that being “a Jewish student on a college campus should not be a safety hazard.”
This prompted a group of anti-Israel UCSB students to begin “a relentless campaign of harassment against her, and transparently targeted her on the basis of her Jewish shared ancestral identity,” the lawsuit alleges.
It adds that in addition to online personal attacks, she faced a campaign to resign. The situation escalated when posters were hung on the multicultural center denouncing Israel and threatening her. Her office was immediately adjacent to the center.
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The whole California higher-education system (universities and community colleges) is riddled with antisemites. A recent exhaustive report of 500-odd pages detailed the leadership role of faculty and staff in inciting and promoting radical activism. Many of the faculty and administrators involved were recruited from abroad, especially from countries with continuing records of antisemitism and little or no regard for American traditions of religious and cultural pluralism.