Irit Tratt
Algemeiner, June 1, 2022
“The Brandeis Center’s 2021 national poll of Jewish fraternity and sorority AEPi and AEPhi found that 50 percent of respondents hide their Jewish identity on campus.”
In recent years, antisemitic incidents, including the decision by Ben & Jerry’s to boycott Israel, resulted in kosher supermarkets pulling the ice cream brand off its shelves. In 2020, a spike in antisemitic attacks provided the catalyst for the “No Hate, No Fear” rally, which drew crowds of protestors to New York City.
While said events captured the attention of thousands of American Jews, far fewer seem willing to confront the proliferation of antisemitism at US universities. I, too, struggle with whether combating campus antisemitism requires a stronger resolve to remain within the system or if we’re aiding efforts to delegitimize Israel by sending Jewish children, along with hefty tuition payments, to schools that are promulgating an illiberal and anti-Zionist pedagogy.
Irit Tratt is a writer who resides in New York. The author’s work has appeared in The American Spectator, The Jerusalem Post, JNS, and Israel Hayom.
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