Campus Antisemitism
UW Hillel president Greg Steinberger: “We view this act of vandalism as targeting the Jewish community and as an incident of bias.”
Rep. Scott DesJarlais (R-Tenn.) urges investigating whether the Ivy League school’s MacMillan Center has been violating the Higher Education Act by receiving grant money and demonizing Israel.
Schools with one or more incidents involving expression challenging the definition of anti-Semitism were more than twice as likely to host acts of Israel-related behavior targeting students for harm and the more such expression, the more Israel-related acts of harassment.
Esteban Lizondo apparently also remarked that the State of Israel’s creation was a surrender to the “Zionist lobby” in exchange for money.
In response, its pro-Israel student group has launched a petition calling for the student to apologize to both the campus and Jewish student community, or else “resign her position.”
Andrew Brewer labels himself as a “neo-fascist,” and complained that he couldn’t display swastikas he collected in Germany, which he said were “historical artifacts.”
Ahmad Daraldik had previously posted on Instagram using language like “stupid Jew thinks he is cool,” “#f***Israel” and “#f***theoccupation.”
Students engage in talks with professors, policy experts, writers and rabbis, who share experiences and wisdom with the hope that participants can apply the lessons to their own lives.
“Respect for the Palestinian community cannot come at the expense of respect for the Jewish community,” according to president of student union Kyle Krueger.
Anti-Semitism “has contributed to the sense of siege felt by many Jewish college students. This is unacceptable and must change,” said ADL national president and CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.
George Washington University provost Brian Blake also stated that “the university does not tolerate discrimination in any form, including anti-Semitism and racism.”
Mià Bahr, a rising junior, said that while she regrets her phrasing, she will “continue to stand firm” on her ideas.
