Gaby Friedman writes in the Jewish Journal:
Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, UCLA Hillel director, was accused by Rachel Neuwirth of verbally and physically assaulting her outside Royce Hall, on the UCLA campus, during a speech by Alan Dershowitz more than four years ago. The letter was part of a settlement reached by Seidler-Feller and Neuwirth on Jan. 19, 2007. In the letter, Seidler-Feller wrote "I am deeply sorry that I hit, kicked, and scratched you and called you a liar. By taking these unprovoked actions, I have contradicted the pluralism, peace and tolerance about which I so often preach."
Rabbi Seidler-Feller (on the left wing of Orthodoxy) has never been popular with the Orthodox. Many Orthodox students at UCLA have blamed him for not arranging enough kosher places to eat around campus and for not building an Orthodox community. UCLA Hillel finally brought in a mainstream Orthodox rabbi a few years ago to look after Orthodox students.
