How are your kids navigating the rising anti-Semitisim on campus?

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Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

Ehh. There's a growing nuisance of left-wing antisemitism among the progressive left. See Britain's Jeremy Corbyn and the shell of the Labour Party. Having lived in London it is astonishing the degree to which otherwise intelligent progressive people will trap themselves by failing to distinguish between a political issue, Israel-Palestinian relations, and the greater Jewish faith and identity. As if Jews are not allowed to be anything other than hardcore Israel supporting Zionists who murder Palestinians every day of the week.

For some reason, right-wing antisemitism gets a lot more press and while I don't want to seem to be downplaying it, the left wing antisemitism is more pervasive because it's hidden behind the walls of "progressive causes" and Palestinian rights activists. At least right wing antisemitism is more honest in viewing all Jews = bad whereas left wing antisemitism hides behind the Palestinian / Israel mess as their excuse.

That aside, at least on American campuses, I don't think this will be a particular problem. Every school has its wackos.

Op here. I'm not sure why you think the "left wing" anti-semitism is not an issue here. That's exactly what I shared in my original post. The articles talk about the insidiousness of the left wing anti-semitism and how it's affecting campuses here. I'm looking for some advice from parents of Jewish college students on how to deal with this.

Seriously stop. You are worried about nothing and inciting garbage. My kids JEWISH went to six different campuses, not counting graduate school. All over the country, only issues any had were at a southern school. That was with the conservative right wing. No college is perfect, they will meet all kinds of people with all kinds of thoughts, that's why they go to college to grow and learn. Keep your kids in the bubble you clearly live in and keep them home from college.

You’re the one in a bubble.

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Anonymous wrote:So being against Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is anti-Semitic? Wow...ok.

You clearly haven't been following this issue, so read about it before deciding that's what anyone meant.

There is a contingent of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian people who have taken their anti-Israel sentiment to the level of being anti-Semitic. That does not mean that merely being anti-Israel means you are anti-Semitic.

You need to research this issue.

Actually, being anti-Israel is anti-Semitic. Being pro Palestinian is not anti-Semitic. Criticizing certain policies of the Israeli government isn’t anti-Semitic. Singling Israel out for criticism without criticizing the same or worse behavior of other nations and terrorists is anti-Semitic. I could go on but will save my breath.

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Anonymous wrote:So being against Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians is anti-Semitic? Wow...ok.

You clearly haven't been following this issue, so read about it before deciding that's what anyone meant.

There is a contingent of anti-Israel, pro-Palestinian people who have taken their anti-Israel sentiment to the level of being anti-Semitic. That does not mean that merely being anti-Israel means you are anti-Semitic.

You need to research this issue.

Actually, being anti-Israel is anti-Semitic. Being pro Palestinian is not anti-Semitic. Criticizing certain policies of the Israeli government isn’t anti-Semitic. Singling Israel out for criticism without criticizing the same or worse behavior of other nations and terrorists is anti-Semitic. I could go on but will save my breath.

No one said being pro-Palestinian is, on its face, anti-Semitic.

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Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting.

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.

Anti-Semitic attacks have gone up. That’s a fact.

So have mass shootings and other violence. Like I said I feel less safe generally. I also don't go to a synagogue regularly so fully aware that I am not taking that particular risk so am less exposed to attacks than those more observant.

I guess more relevant to the OP - how many violent antisemitic attacks have there been on college campuses? I don't know the answer to that - has that also gone up?

[Anonymous]

I just read a book called Hate about French anti-Antisemitism. I think it is applicable to US on both on the right and the left.

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Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting.

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.

Anti-Semitic attacks have gone up. That’s a fact.

So have mass shootings and other violence. Like I said I feel less safe generally. I also don't go to a synagogue regularly so fully aware that I am not taking that particular risk so am less exposed to attacks than those more observant.

I guess more relevant to the OP - how many violent antisemitic attacks have there been on college campuses? I don't know the answer to that - has that also gone up?

Actually violence has gone down. Anti-Semitic attacks on college campuses have gone up.

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Anonymous wrote:My DC went to a school with a relatively large Jewish population and did not experience anti-semitism (at least anything overt). If you are worried about it you may want to explore colleges with larger populations of Jews and/or more diversity generally.

If a black parent came here asking about racism, would you also advise the black parent that their child should go to a school with a larger black population?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just read a book called Hate about French anti-Antisemitism. I think it is applicable to US on both on the right and the left.

There’s also this book that discusses anti-semitism on the right and left in the US, including on college campuses: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/books/review/how-to-fight-anti-semitism-bari-weiss.amp.html

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Anonymous wrote:My DC went to a school with a relatively large Jewish population and did not experience anti-semitism (at least anything overt). If you are worried about it you may want to explore colleges with larger populations of Jews and/or more diversity generally.

If a black parent came here asking about racism, would you also advise the black parent that their child should go to a school with a larger black population?

This is exactly it. No one would do that. But it’s acceptable to say things to Jews that no one would say to other groups. We are the victims of over half the hate crimes in the US, and yet people feel like it’s fine to minimize our experiences or basically say “go be with your own.”

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Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting.

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.

Anti-Semitic attacks have gone up. That’s a fact.

So have mass shootings and other violence. Like I said I feel less safe generally. I also don't go to a synagogue regularly so fully aware that I am not taking that particular risk so am less exposed to attacks than those more observant.

I guess more relevant to the OP - how many violent antisemitic attacks have there been on college campuses? I don't know the answer to that - has that also gone up?

Op here. Here's a link to an article from Inside Higher Ed from last year that talks about how there's been a surge of anti-Semitism on campuses: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2018/12/05/anti-semitic-incidents-surge-college-campuses-after-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting and another link to an article that talks about a report released recently that refers to Columbia University and its sister school, Barnard College, in New York City as “a hotbed for hate,” documenting “systemic anti-Semitism and an ingrained delegitimization of Israel” at the schools. But, these schools are just emblematic of the issues. They are more widespread than this as noted by the first article.

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Forgot the second link: https://www.foxnews.com/us/columbia-university-and-barnard-college-hotbed-for-hate-report-documenting-systemic-anti-semitism-at-the-schools-says

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Anonymous wrote:My DC went to a school with a relatively large Jewish population and did not experience anti-semitism (at least anything overt). If you are worried about it you may want to explore colleges with larger populations of Jews and/or more diversity generally.

If a black parent came here asking about racism, would you also advise the black parent that their child should go to a school with a larger black population?

Plenty of people on this board would tell them (I) it doesn't exist, (ii) this is just PC nonsense, (iii) all reported incidents are just hoaxes, and (iv) their kids don't deserve to be there anyway.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting.

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.

+100. My feelings exactly. Many groups (e.g. Muslims) have it much worse in the US than us Jews.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Faulty premise. There is no rising anti-semitism.

I think that's partially right. I think people are more willing to be public in their antisemitism, but it was that was already there. And the recipients are more willing to call them out on it. So the public incidences are on the rise. Antisemitism itself has been around for a pretty long time.

The Anti-Defamation League and the FBI put out reports saying anti-semitic attacks are on the rise. Jews are the most attacked group in the USA on a per capita basis.

Why you people are trying to diminish it is beyond me. I have a feeling you would never do this when it comes to attacks against African Americans. It's ok in this country to minimize the discrimination Jews face. It's disgusting.

Maybe it's just my age but I am more comfortable being Jewish today than I was as a kid. This was still the era where Jews were not welcome in certain neighborhoods in this area (covenants having only recently been lifted), or country clubs, or schools. While there are clearly attacks on Jewish houses of worship, there are also attacks on churches, on schools, on gay bars, on Paris and Las Vegas concerts, on airports, on random people on the street. So I may feel less safe, but it's not because I am Jewish. I totally get that others may feel differently.

+100. My feelings exactly. Many groups (e.g. Muslims) have it much worse in the US than us Jews.

Jews are the victims of more than half the hate crimes in the US, more than any other single group. This isn’t an olympics or suffering, but don’t minimize our experiences.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My DC went to a school with a relatively large Jewish population and did not experience anti-semitism (at least anything overt). If you are worried about it you may want to explore colleges with larger populations of Jews and/or more diversity generally.

If a black parent came here asking about racism, would you also advise the black parent that their child should go to a school with a larger black population?

Plenty of people on this board would tell them (I) it doesn't exist, (ii) this is just PC nonsense, (iii) all reported incidents are just hoaxes, and (iv) their kids don't deserve to be there anyway.

Really? I’ve been on this board for a long time and have never seen that. I have seen lots of people minimizing what Jews go through, though. We apparently aren’t allowed to talk about being targeted because we tend to be middle class.