UVA earns an “F” over antisemitism (ADL)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s Ivy does not have any of that. They had minimal protests that were shut down immediately. He has a Jewish roommate who is very happy.

The South is the most anti-Semitic (and racist for other races, non-Christian religions) yet the admin has you believe it’s a NE elite issue.

Then why are you commenting on this post? It has nothing to do with you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA is supposed to be inclusive and tolerant, but that does not apply to Jewish students, apparently:

https://www.29news.com/2024/04/11/uva-gets-an-f-campus-antisemitism-report-card/

Good. DD ‘s jewish friends there had horrible experiences for weeks after Oct 7 yet no news about it. Comparing notes it was much much worse day to day than the couple of ivies that were on the news for it. They did not get attention for it and it escalated for months with large disruption.

[Anonymous]

^Good that they got an F and are being called out

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:UVA is supposed to be inclusive and tolerant, but that does not apply to Jewish students, apparently:

https://www.29news.com/2024/04/11/uva-gets-an-f-campus-antisemitism-report-card/

Did the tiki torch march resulting in a death and Trump’s " fine people on both sides" remark happen at UVA?

[Anonymous]

Do they give grades for other kinds of discrimination, or is everything about antisemitism now? I feel like the Right has been trying to use this as an unnecessary wedge issue to further polarize and disconnect Americans from each other.

Israel's former PM Olmert who has spoken out against Netanyahu and called what's happening in Gaza genocide, would be considered antisemitic by this measure. Can people not criticize and protest the situation in Gaza without being seen as antisemitic? I have lots of love for Jews and lots of concern for Arabs in Palestine whose lives are being traumatized, killed and destroyed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they give grades for other kinds of discrimination, or is everything about antisemitism now? I feel like the Right has been trying to use this as an unnecessary wedge issue to further polarize and disconnect Americans from each other.

Israel's former PM Olmert who has spoken out against Netanyahu and called what's happening in Gaza genocide, would be considered antisemitic by this measure. Can people not criticize and protest the situation in Gaza without being seen as antisemitic? I have lots of love for Jews and lots of concern for Arabs in Palestine whose lives are being traumatized, killed and destroyed.

These sorts of report cards are common, and lots of groups do them. The difference here, as you note, is the ADL is using a measure that lumps everything under "antisemitism." Having a class on Palestinian Culture is antisemitism. Expressing concern about Netanyahu's repression of the judiciary is antisemitism. Discussing war crimes, even as a matter of international law, is antisemitism.

Once you've made that your metric, most schools are going to fail.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do they give grades for other kinds of discrimination, or is everything about antisemitism now? I feel like the Right has been trying to use this as an unnecessary wedge issue to further polarize and disconnect Americans from each other.

Israel's former PM Olmert who has spoken out against Netanyahu and called what's happening in Gaza genocide, would be considered antisemitic by this measure. Can people not criticize and protest the situation in Gaza without being seen as antisemitic? I have lots of love for Jews and lots of concern for Arabs in Palestine whose lives are being traumatized, killed and destroyed.

https://jewishcurrents.org/adl-shutters-flagship-anti-bias-program

They’re focused only on antisemitism now, which they seem to be defining pretty narrowly as anti-Israel sentiment; they don’t make much noise about right-wing antisemitism. They support detaining students for pro-Palestinian speech but weren’t terribly concerned about Elon Musk’s Nazi salutes.

A shanda.

[Anonymous]

That "news" story is from April. Why the muck raking?

Look at what the ADL said were the issues and decide for yourself if you share their concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:UVA is supposed to be inclusive and tolerant, but that does not apply to Jewish students, apparently:

https://www.29news.com/2024/04/11/uva-gets-an-f-campus-antisemitism-report-card/

Good. DD ‘s jewish friends there had horrible experiences for weeks after Oct 7 yet no news about it. Comparing notes it was much much worse day to day than the couple of ivies that were on the news for it. They did not get attention for it and it escalated for months with large disruption.

“First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

[Anonymous]

They got dinged for:

-Not having a Jewish staff & faculty group. So why is it a big deal if the Jewish employees didn't form a group?

-Three things grouped together: Level of hostile anti-Zionist student government activity, Level of hostile anti-Zionist student groups, Level of hostile anti-Zionist staff and faculty activity. They don't say how they documented this.

And yet...

The University has a close relationship with Hillel and the Jewish Leadership Advisory Board, meeting frequently with representatives from these groups. The University Safety & Security department has also hosted an antisemitism training day that was attended by 120+ employees from departments such as DEI and Student Affairs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They got dinged for:

-Not having a Jewish staff & faculty group. So why is it a big deal if the Jewish employees didn't form a group?

-Three things grouped together: Level of hostile anti-Zionist student government activity, Level of hostile anti-Zionist student groups, Level of hostile anti-Zionist staff and faculty activity. They don't say how they documented this.

And yet...

The University has a close relationship with Hillel and the Jewish Leadership Advisory Board, meeting frequently with representatives from these groups. The University Safety & Security department has also hosted an antisemitism training day that was attended by 120+ employees from departments such as DEI and Student Affairs.

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The unfortunate reality is that the ADL is bordering on supremacist views

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s Ivy does not have any of that. They had minimal protests that were shut down immediately. He has a Jewish roommate who is very happy.

The South is the most anti-Semitic (and racist for other races, non-Christian religions) yet the admin has you believe it’s a NE elite issue.

+1 its a house of mirrors as maga controls the narrative

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s Ivy does not have any of that. They had minimal protests that were shut down immediately. He has a Jewish roommate who is very happy.

The South is the most anti-Semitic (and racist for other races, non-Christian religions) yet the admin has you believe it’s a NE elite issue.

You are kidding, right? The NE schools have been largely horrible since Oct. 7 with professors cheering and blatant anti-semitism. Schools in the south (Vanderbilt, SEC) have not seen this type of behavior - small if any protests and if anything pro-Israel. Jewish students have not been harassed (and yes there is a noticeable Jewish presence at these schools) and Jewish spaces (Chabad) not vandalized and Jewish signs (eg, Happy Sukhot) not decimated with some FP slogan or worse. Southern schools have been a relief from the anti-semitism in the NE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kid’s Ivy does not have any of that. They had minimal protests that were shut down immediately. He has a Jewish roommate who is very happy.

The South is the most anti-Semitic (and racist for other races, non-Christian religions) yet the admin has you believe it’s a NE elite issue.

Your kid must go to Dartmouth. Agree, they handled it well. The rest not so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’m not so sure. Here is a report from a different group, but it also paints a troubling picture of campus life at UVA for our children:

https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/2025-spotlight-university-virginia

Yea, they’re a “different” group alright. And not exactly an unbiased one.

Is FIRE biased? They’ve been doing this since the height of cancel culture. Well before this administration.