It’s hard to craft guidelines against antisemitism — here’s why people keep trying
Definitions and guidelines tend to be either too vague or too rigid, but they remain useful tools for partisans on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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Antisemitism Notebook Major Jewish groups want ‘Zionist’ to be a protected class on campus
Hillel International, the American Jewish Committee and Anti-Defamation League released guidelines calling on schools to ban discrimination against Jewish students for supporting Israel
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Fast Forward New Columbia administrator texts show deans complaining about Jewish student ‘privilege,’ calling Hillel leader a ‘problem’
The conversations include messages in which the administrators made light of Jewish panelists’ concerns about antisemitism and students feeling unwelcome at some campus spaces
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Antisemitism Notebook Is it antisemitic to protest Hillel?
No longer a hypothetical question, Baruch College's Hillel found itself targeted by protesters celebrating Hamas
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Fast Forward Student groups at Baruch College stage protest against Hillel, adding to growing trend
The rationale for the protest — according to an Instagram flyer that also said “HILLEL STANDS WITH GENOCIDE” — was a recent trip to an Israeli army base that Hillel organized for students
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News Some pro-Palestinian encampments want their schools to cut ties with Hillel, Chabad
A call to “terminate” Jewish campus institutions for their support of Israel is labeled antisemitic
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News At Duke, pro-Israel Jewish students go ‘on the offense’
Jewish students who support Israel said that an absence of raucous protests had allowed them focus on building support for Israel rather than playing defense
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Fast Forward Many Jewish students say pro-Palestinian encampments make them feel less safe, Hillel survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of Jewish students whose schools had encampments want their administrations to take action to end them
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