Mediocrates
06-28-2011, 07:31 AM
Rutgers has long been a hotbed of antisemitism, not just rhetorical but physical attacks.
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=52920
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has demanded that Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, rectify the hostile anti-Semitic environment on campus, which has had a detrimental effect on Jewish students who have been physically threatened – even with death threats – and made to feel intimidated and unsafe. Middle East studies courses are so biased against Israel that Jewish students avoid them or are afraid to speak up in class and express their support for Israel. On a regular basis, an extremist anti-Israel student group called BAKA has been sponsoring and promoting events on campus that demonize Jews and Israel, thereby inciting hatred of them.
In a letter to Rutgers President Richard McCormick dated April 6, 2011, the ZOA detailed the problems reported by Jewish students, which have made them feel threatened, intimidated, and physically unsafe:
Aaron Marcus, a Jewish student who is a columnist for the student paper, the Targum, wrote an opinion piece calling on the anti-Israel student group called BAKA to end its hateful tactics. Another student responded by posting a Facebook message physically threatening Mr. Marcus: “As I was reading the Aaron Marcus column this morning, I realized how Im [sic] a pretty angry person. Id [sic] be happy to see him beat with a crowbar. Violence doesnt [sic] solve problems but it shuts up people who shouldnt [sic] speak.”
Seven other Facebook users endorsed the violent threat against Mr. Marcus by clicking “like” on the Facebook message. One responded with a murderous message of his own: “Or makes them martyrs, furthering the strength behind their beliefs. And skinning them alive so they see the afterlife.”
It goes on in detail about abuse and attacks and the wholesale turnover of the mideast studies department and attacks by STAFF on Jewish students.
http://www.imra.org.il/story.php3?id=52920
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has demanded that Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, rectify the hostile anti-Semitic environment on campus, which has had a detrimental effect on Jewish students who have been physically threatened – even with death threats – and made to feel intimidated and unsafe. Middle East studies courses are so biased against Israel that Jewish students avoid them or are afraid to speak up in class and express their support for Israel. On a regular basis, an extremist anti-Israel student group called BAKA has been sponsoring and promoting events on campus that demonize Jews and Israel, thereby inciting hatred of them.
In a letter to Rutgers President Richard McCormick dated April 6, 2011, the ZOA detailed the problems reported by Jewish students, which have made them feel threatened, intimidated, and physically unsafe:
Aaron Marcus, a Jewish student who is a columnist for the student paper, the Targum, wrote an opinion piece calling on the anti-Israel student group called BAKA to end its hateful tactics. Another student responded by posting a Facebook message physically threatening Mr. Marcus: “As I was reading the Aaron Marcus column this morning, I realized how Im [sic] a pretty angry person. Id [sic] be happy to see him beat with a crowbar. Violence doesnt [sic] solve problems but it shuts up people who shouldnt [sic] speak.”
Seven other Facebook users endorsed the violent threat against Mr. Marcus by clicking “like” on the Facebook message. One responded with a murderous message of his own: “Or makes them martyrs, furthering the strength behind their beliefs. And skinning them alive so they see the afterlife.”
It goes on in detail about abuse and attacks and the wholesale turnover of the mideast studies department and attacks by STAFF on Jewish students.