[BostonCard]

I'm not sure what you mean by remaining "neutral on the issue of divestment".  Neutral would mean to not have an opinion; but all of the member institutions of the SOCC supported divestment. So I suspect that they didn't want someone who was neutral on the issue. Perhaps you meant "impartial", although I suspect that it would be impossible to be impartial on something so inherently emotional, and that likely applies to Jews and non-Jews alike.

By the way, here is the SOCC's response, as an op-ed in the Daily:

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/04/13/...t-process/

Interesting comments.  I think this one is the one I most agree with:

Alice • 2 hours ago
This is sad, and I hope most of the Stanford community sees it for what it is:

Horowitz felt attacked/discriminated against because of a question, and reacted emotionally based on an internalized history of antisemitism
The SOCC felt attacked because of her allegation, and reacted emotionally because of an internalized history of racism and (actual) smear campaigns.

In this case, I truly don't believe either party is acting in bad faith.
It's unfortunate that people acting out the same pain would not recognize that reaction in each other...

BC

[BostonCard]

I'm not sure what you mean by remaining "neutral on the issue of divestment".  Neutral would mean to not have an opinion; but all of the member institutions of the SOCC supported divestment. So I suspect that they didn't want someone who was neutral on the issue. Perhaps you meant "impartial", although I suspect that it would be impossible to be impartial on something so inherently emotional, and that likely applies to Jews and non-Jews alike.

By the way, here is the SOCC's response, as an op-ed in the Daily:

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2015/04/13/...t-process/

Interesting comments.  I think this one is the one I most agree with:

Alice • 2 hours ago
This is sad, and I hope most of the Stanford community sees it for what it is:

Horowitz felt attacked/discriminated against because of a question, and reacted emotionally based on an internalized history of antisemitism
The SOCC felt attacked because of her allegation, and reacted emotionally because of an internalized history of racism and (actual) smear campaigns.

In this case, I truly don't believe either party is acting in bad faith.
It's unfortunate that people acting out the same pain would not recognize that reaction in each other...

BC