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Shiryn Ghermezian

“These are all very powerful, very poignant and emotional stories. They are stories that are largely unknown to the larger world, including many in the Jewish community,” said AJC CEO David Harris.
From left: Award winners at the Emunah of America event Dalia Horowitz, Yael Oelbaum Fligelman, Ilana Wallenstein, Yonina Haber and Sora Grunstein on June 8, 2022. Credit: Lia Jay Photography.
‘Women of Wonder’ celebrates sisterhood at Emunah of America event
Among the topics covered were similarities between both minorities and their shared history, and how anti-Semitism persists and “is a cousin of racism,” said David Brog, executive director of the Maccabee Task Force.
While they are looking forward to some sense of pre-pandemic normalcy at their schools, they also risk facing BDS and pro-Palestinian activists with renewed energy against the Jewish state.
The attacker apparently knew the children at the bus stop were Jewish because they had kipahs on their heads and their camp T-shirts had Hebrew lettering.
“This week has been a clear reminder that wherever anti-Zionism goes, anti-Semitism quickly follows,” said Liora Rez, executive director of StopAntisemitism.org.
A number of student organizations co-sponsored individual events, including Jewish Coalition for Peace.
Students for Justice in Palestine co-sponsored a resolution supporting BDS activity, slated to be presented to the Undergraduate Student Government Senate on Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day.
In the postponement of an event featuring a controversial speaker, Hillel president at Butler University Lauren Carrier said the school newspaper “has a duty to make sure that information that is published is factually accurate.”
“Anti-Semitism continues to be a pervasive threat; T-shirts and coffee mugs that feature neo-Nazi symbols and Hitler icons make this danger clear,” said David Ibsen of the Counter Extremism Project.