Safe schools for a Jewish kid.

[Anonymous]

No doubt there is a boatload of antisemitism rearing its ugly head right now but I feel like we should note the difference between antisemitism and antizionism.

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Anonymous wrote:Seems like Cornell was targeted because it has a high Jewish population (about 20%) but would you want your child at a school with very few Jewish students instead? Online posts (as terrible as they are) would not stop me from sending my child to a particular school. We know that bad things happen all over the US to ordinary people doing things we all do.

--Parent of Current Cornell student

I was quite surprised to learn that 22% of the Cornell students are Jewish. It means that about 2/3 of their white students are Jewish, which makes the non-Jewish whites an URM.

What? You are assuming all of their Jewish students are white.

The numbers can be confirmed on the Cornell Hillel website.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re all far safer than any Gaza school is for a Gaza kid.

Yes we know. Jewish people don’t count.

Lives that matter:

- NOT Jewish lives, sadly.

Have some perspective, please. Your Jewish kid is infinitely and unequivocally more safe at any campus here than a kid in Gaza is right now.

Please take sone time to examine why you felt the need to make a comment like this to a Jewish person in the US.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re all far safer than any Gaza school is for a Gaza kid.

Yes we know. Jewish people don’t count.

Lives that matter:

- NOT Jewish lives, sadly.

Have some perspective, please. Your Jewish kid is infinitely and unequivocally more safe at any campus here than a kid in Gaza is right now.

Please take sone time to examine why you felt the need to make a comment like this to a Jewish person in the US.

Because I felt that your comment lacked perspective obviously.

[Anonymous]

Sorry to segway here, but can someone please explain to me what anti-Zionist means? Does it mean being against Netanyahu/Israeli policies against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank (i.e. blockade, terrible conditions, land grabs in territories, Greater Israel, etc.) OR does it mean there should be "One Palestine" with Israel ceasing to exist as a Jewish state and reclamation of Palestinian lands in Israel proper?

Just trying to get a better understanding of the terminology being thrown around these days.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re all far safer than any Gaza school is for a Gaza kid.

Yes we know. Jewish people don’t count.

Perfect example of people not just talking past each other - but intentionally antagonizing each other.

F all of you.

My son had a wonderful collection of friends - many faiths and ethnicities - who just really like hanging out with each other. That has all stopped in the past few weeks and my son (who does not follow an Abrahamic faith) suddenly has total radio silence.

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Anonymous wrote:They’re all far safer than any Gaza school is for a Gaza kid.

Yes we know. Jewish people don’t count.

Lives that matter:

- NOT Jewish lives, sadly.

This is a good article to read - https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/10/decolonization-narrative-dangerous-and-false/675799/

Highlights:

The decolonization narrative has dehumanized Israelis to the extent that otherwise rational people excuse, deny, or support barbarity. It holds that Israel is an “imperialist-colonialist” force, that Israelis are “settler-colonialists,” and that Palestinians have a right to eliminate their oppressors. (On October 7, we all learned what that meant.) It casts Israelis as “white” or “white-adjacent” and Palestinians as “people of color.”

This ideology, powerful in the academy but long overdue for serious challenge, is a toxic, historically nonsensical mix of Marxist theory, Soviet propaganda, and traditional anti-Semitism from the Middle Ages and the 19th century. But its current engine is the new identity analysis, which sees history through a concept of race that derives from the American experience. The argument is that it is almost impossible for the “oppressed” to be themselves racist, just as it is impossible for an “oppressor” to be the subject of racism. Jews therefore cannot suffer racism, because they are regarded as “white” and “privileged”; although they cannot be victims, they can and do exploit other, less privileged people, in the West through the sins of “exploitative capitalism” and in the Middle East through “colonialism.”

The open world of liberal democracies—or the West, as it used to be called—is today polarized by paralyzed politics, petty but vicious cultural feuds about identity and gender, and guilt about historical successes and sins, a guilt that is bizarrely atoned for by showing sympathy for, even attraction to, enemies of our democratic values. In this scenario, Western democracies are always bad actors, hypocritical and neo-imperialist, while foreign autocracies or terror sects such as Hamas are enemies of imperialism and therefore sincere forces for good. In this topsy-turvy scenario, Israel is a living metaphor and penance for the sins of the West. The result is the intense scrutiny of Israel and the way it is judged, using standards rarely attained by any nation at war, including the United States.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sorry to segway here, but can someone please explain to me what anti-Zionist means? Does it mean being against Netanyahu/Israeli policies against Palestinians in Gaza and West Bank (i.e. blockade, terrible conditions, land grabs in territories, Greater Israel, etc.) OR does it mean there should be "One Palestine" with Israel ceasing to exist as a Jewish state and reclamation of Palestinian lands in Israel proper?

Just trying to get a better understanding of the terminology being thrown around these days.

Historically speaking, antizionism was the opposition to the creation of a Jewish state. Since the establishment of Israel in 1949, it has come to be interpreted as opposition to the policies of the Israeli government, specifically with regards to its policies in the West Bank and the institutional racism towards non-Jews.

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Anonymous wrote:You could just as easily create threads called:

Safe schools for Asian students
Safe schools for LGBTQ students
Safe schools for Black students
Safe schools for female students
Safe schools for Muslim students

How about safe schools in general? Where can our kids go where school is just about school?

I'm afraid OP is just another culture

warrior trying to use a sincere worry and throw gas on it for political purposes.

There is a politics forum for that

Whereve there is woke there is way

Given the current situation, I can certainly understand where OP is coming from. Don't be a tone-deaf PP. No, I am not Jewish.

Agree. Cornell grad here, and a month ago I’d have sworn that Cornell would be a safe place for a Jewish person without giving it a second thought. I am absolutely shocked as to what is happening there now. Shocked and appalled.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cross Columbia university and Barnard off the list of safe campuses for Jewish students.

Their professors signed a letter defending anti-Semitic student protests on campus.

Can you imagine? Can you imagine being a Jewish college student, in class, and one of these professors discovers you are a Jew?? OMG.

Pro-Palestinian doesn't equal anti-Semitic. It's anti-apartheid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No doubt there is a boatload of antisemitism rearing its ugly head right now but I feel like we should note the difference between antisemitism and antizionism.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agree. Cornell grad here, and a month ago I’d have sworn that Cornell would be a safe place for a Jewish person without giving it a second thought. I am absolutely shocked as to what is happening there now. Shocked and appalled.

Has anything else happened aside from the professor and online threats?

I'm very glad to hear that the NY state police and FBI are on it:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-investigating-antisemitic-threats-targeting-cornell-universitys-jewish/story?id=104480004

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Agree. Cornell grad here, and a month ago I’d have sworn that Cornell would be a safe place for a Jewish person without giving it a second thought. I am absolutely shocked as to what is happening there now. Shocked and appalled.

Has anything else happened aside from the professor and online threats?

I'm very glad to hear that the NY state police and FBI are on it:
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/fbi-investigating-antisemitic-threats-targeting-cornell-universitys-jewish/story?id=104480004

"Earlier today, law enforcement identified a person of interest as part of the investigation and this individual is currently in custody of the New York State Police for questioning."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No doubt there is a boatload of antisemitism rearing its ugly head right now but I feel like we should note the difference between antisemitism and antizionism.

Thank you for taking every opportunity to point this out, every time a Jewish person mentions antisemitism. It’s really vital to keep putting us in our place, and I’m sure you do the same thing for all minorities who experience hatred. Thanks again for your good work.

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Anonymous wrote:What schools in Virginia are safe for a Jewish girl??

I just want to say I am sorry that you have to ask this question. I don’t think it is crazy FYI. I don’t have a Va answer (not any information that I am familiar with) but Catholic schools tend to be very supportive and always have had a strong Jewish community. Boston College is less churchy than Notre Dame FWIW

You mention BC but I'd emphasize that BC is Jesuit and those universities in particular are supportive and encourage communication and understanding across cultures, religions, nations.

Agree that Catholic schools are a good choice, as they all are supportive and encourage communication and understanding across cultures, religions, nations, and politics.

Re: ND in particular, Notre Dame is home to the Kroc Institute of International Peace Studies. The lecture on the current situation was standing room only. https://kroc.nd.edu/news-events/ It's statement: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/10/an-open-letter-for-peace-from-the-kroc-institute/

ND Jewish Club: https://notredameday.nd.edu/organizations/jewish-club-of-notre-dame

Also, ND has had a longstanding program in Israel: https://ndsmcobserver.com/2023/10/from-the-archives-notre-dame-in-jerusalem/

Old article on Jewish students at ND through history, including several Rabbis. https://sites.nd.edu/ndarchives/jewish-students-at-notre-dame/ adn a more recent OpEd: https://www.jewishoncampus.org/media/jewish-on-a-catholic-campus-the-joc-ambassador-programs-impact-at-notre-dame