Tri-Council Statement in support of the IC Jewish Community, Feb. 23, 2022
To our friends and colleagues in the Jewish community, we feel your pain and share your outrage.
To our friends and colleagues in the Jewish community, we feel your pain and share your outrage.
Why must the college be called out in a public forum for it to recognize that campus is not a safe and inclusive space for all?
The Jewish Student Union (JSU) is a new organization at Ithaca College with the goal of amplifying Jewish student voices.
My experience is that the religious needs and concerns of Jewish students have repeatedly ignored and marginalized by the campus administration.
Jennifer Herzog operates a Facebook page called “Awake to Fight Hate” that informs its approximately 1,500 followers about instances of an anti-Semitism.
I also hesitated to say anything because Muslims who support the right of Palestinian people to their homes and homeland are invariably dubbed anti-Semitic.
ismissing the criticism Omar has received as unjustified is disheartening, but understandable, given that not everyone is aware of the legacy of anti-Zionism’s relationship with anti-Semitism.
Omar shouldn’t have apologized for her remarks on AIPAC. And I’m glad to see her and Tlaib become the first two American politicians refusing to toe the pro-Israel line.
Until each side acknowledges the other’s narrative and rights and ties to the same land, this conversation is going nowhere.
Equating Palestinian activism to anti-Semitism is highly unfair because it targets those who are fighting for human rights for all people.
Our choice to ignore hate and sadness means that we choose to prevent possible progress. We have a responsibility to treat tragedy with the gravity it deserves.
We must all do our part to ensure that the victims are remembered and that we do not surrender to intimidation or fear.