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TEXAS JEWISH POST SINCE 1947
July 10,2008 I 3
Yudof says Shalom to Longhorns, heads to California
By Tom Tugend
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — The new
president of the University of Cali-
fornia's 10 campuses and 220,000
students keeps a kosher home,
lectures on Maimonides for intel-
lectual stimulation and is an un-
abashed Israel supporter.
"I am what I am," Mark Yudof
says. "What I've found works best
for me is transparency, being di-
rect and being honest."
As he takes the helm of one of
the world's leading public research
universities, Yudof, a former chan-
cellor of the University of Texas
and president of the University of
Minnesota, has his work cut out
for him.
Over the past five years, lewish
students and some observers have
charged repeatedly that the admin-
istration at the UC Irvine campus,
now headed by Chancellor Michael
Drake, has failed to protect lewish
students against hate speech and
intimidation by outside speakers
and Muslim student groups.
Yudof, a veteran law professor
and expert on constitutional law
and freedom of expression, says
the issue presents him with some-
thing of a dilemma.
"It is an excruciating conflict
when people demean everything
that ludaism stands for. Some
of these speakers and what they
say drive me to distraction and I
hate it," Yudof says. "On the other
hand, I teach constitutional law
and I have a deep commitment to
the First Amendment, which has
served us well over time. How do
you reconcile that as a Jewish man?
It is horrendously difficult."
Yudof defended Drake, who has
been criticized by some Jews for
not taking a sufficiently firm stand
against hate speech.
"I've had several conversations
with the chancellor, and he has a
great heart and enormous sympa-
thy for the Jewish people. He is a
Photo: Courtesy University of California
Mark and Judy Yudof greet an employee at a University of California staff reception in Oakland on June 16.
mensch," Yudof said, "Because I
take anti-Semitism so personally,
I think I can give him some good
advice."
Yudof was in Israel last week
with Drake as the co-leader of
the American Jewish Commit-
tee's Project Interchange trip for
American university presidents
and chancellors. Yudof, who had
invited Drake on the trip before
he became the University of Cali-
fornia president, says he thinks the
trip will be beneficial for both him
and Drake.
He says he will discuss the prob-
lems at Irvine when he addresses
the Hadassah national convention
in Los Angeles on July 14.
Born in Philadelphia to de-
scendants of Ukrainian Jewish
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