Jews considering Vassar

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<p>Good for the Vassar Jewish Union. :)</p>

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I am shocked that conditions on campus are this bad. Is Vassar really like this? If so, what hasn’t the college done something about it? It’s “apartheid week” now. Would someone please describe current goings-on on campus? Is anyone speaking up for Israel?
This just isn’t right. No way, no how.

Why is this bad? They aren’t attacking anyone. They are merely breaking away from the censorship of any pro-Palestinian opinions.
It’s funny that you mention apartheid week. Groups at my university are using this week to speak up against the apartheid going on against Palestinians.</p>

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In other words Hillel does not want its student members to engage in discussions with those who do not believe Israel has a right to exist. (Makes sense to me. Wouldn’t expect the gay rights group to engage in debate with the Westboro Baptist Church, would you?) The author’s point is that the students have all jumped on the BDS bandwagon without thinking critically about their actions. Pro-Israel students feel intimidated about speaking up. Not a single faculty member on campus has said in public that he/she supports Israel. Disgusting.

They have done nothing to censor pro-Israel discussion. They have merely opened up pro-Palestine discussion as well, which seemed to have been prohibited before. </p>

<p>I would like to know why everyone is seeing this as such a threat to Israel. I know people who boycott Israel. They don’t hate Jews. They don’t hate Israel for being a Jewish state. They’re simply speaking out against the lack of basic rights that the Palestinian people have.
This is an open discussion worldwide. Yet I notice that in the US it seems almost taboo to be anything less then supporting Israel 100%.</p>