Anti-semitism goes to college
I try to not overreact at isolated anti-Semitic incidents, but enough "isolated" occurrences have taken place at Rutgers University in the past year that warrants a strong public reaction. Despite the large Jewish population at Rutgers, - approximately 3,000 - this year Jewish students have had to deal with several anti-Semitic attacks, ranging from verbal challenges to vandalism. It has reached the point where even the most skeptical and naïve guardian against the classic knee-jerk reaction, like myself, has to realize and speak out against a continuing trend of anti-Jewish sentiment that is apparent at Rutgers.
Rutgers sophomore Molly Salovitz a few months ago said that she was horrified in her off-campus house one night when she heard several drunk students outside her porch saying "this is where the Jews live" late one evening. Upon later inspection she found that her porch had been damaged.
That same night, a Jewish house down the street had a window damaged. These two seemingly unrelated events could easily be explained by juvenile and/or drunken behavior that is common for college students, yet this seems too coincidental.
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