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Behind the Aegis

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Sat Jul 22, 2017, 04:42 AM Jul 2017

Schools can stop the rise of anti-Semitism

THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!!

Dear Editor: Jewish students at UC-Berkeley woke up this past year to find the words, “Zionists should be sent to the gas chamber” painted on a building wall.

A student in Marietta, Georgia, was passed a note from a classmate that contained a drawing of a swastika and the message, “Hitler did the world a favor.”

Today, global levels of anti-Semitism are the highest they have been since Nazi Germany. Anti-Semitism is rising at unparalleled rates, and schools need to help end it

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan A. Greenblatt stated, “Schools are a microcosm of the country. Children absorb messages from their parents and the media, and bring them into their schools and playgrounds.”

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Schools can stop the rise of anti-Semitism (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Jul 2017 OP
If any other group were being targeted & harassed these students would have been suspended. grossproffit Jul 2017 #1

grossproffit

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1. If any other group were being targeted & harassed these students would have been suspended.
Sun Jul 23, 2017, 02:17 PM
Jul 2017

There is an incredible double standard when it comes to antisemitism.

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