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“While the list of protected groups in USC’s policy is long, Jewish students experiencing anti-Zionist harassment do not naturally fit into a group that guarantees them protection,” says a letter to the university president Carol Folt.
It is the third incident in recent weeks and the second weekend in a row that a person has been targeted, although in different neighborhoods.
While the growth of anti-Israel sentiment in politics is concerning, Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) is part of a new crop of young Democrats who believe that support for Israel has and will remain essential to the Democratic Party’s platform.
Health Department and Board of Health officials in the Massachusetts city, especially those with Jewish-sounding names, have been receiving targeted threats online and via voicemail.
Gaza-born activist Shahd Abusalama tweeted in 2012 that “Zionist lobbies … buy presidents/slaves.”
The move comes after anti-Semitic fliers were distributed last month to hundreds of homes in there and in Miami Beach.
A total of 2,255 incidents of Jew-hatred were recorded last year in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, up from the 1,684 the previous year.
Moreover, some 32 percent of parents say their children have been the target of anti-Semitic insults, with 18 percent say their children have been physically attacked in 2021.
A letter to the U.S. Department of Education cited a survey by Alums for Campus Fairness that found 75% out of 500 alumni and current students said that anti-Semitism continues to be a serious problem.
A total of 15 hate crimes targeting Jewish people were reported—a 275 percent increase compared to the four incidents the year before.
Holocaust historian and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt dismissed partisanship, saying she has called out anti-Semitism on both sides of the aisle. She did acknowledge that some of her posts had not been “as nuanced” as she would have liked.
The legislation would give exceptions to symbols used for educational, historical and/or other legitimate purposes.
