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Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/23/opinion/university-jewish-antisemitism-ivy.html
To Be (Visibly) Jewish in the Ivy League
(New York Times) Bret Stephens - Yale and other universities have been sites of almost continual demonstrations since Hamas massacred and kidnapped Israelis on Oct. 7. Students have a right to express their views. It's fine, too, to be willing to defy campus rules they believe are unjust - provided they are willing to accept the price of their civil disobedience, including arrest, jail time or suspension. But as the experiences of scores of Jewish students on American campuses testify, we are well past this fine stage. Why do these students regularly chant slogans like "There is only one solution, intifada revolution," which is an incendiary call to violent action against Jews? The sad fact of campus life today is that speech and behavior that would be considered scandalous if aimed at other minorities are treated as understandable or even commendable when directed at Jews.