Anti-Semitism on Campus?

For John, BLUF:  This situation is unaccpetable.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Majority of Jewish college students feel unsafe on campus, poll finds

Here is the sub-headline:

Also, 50 percent feel the need to hide their Jewish identity, survey finds

From The College Fix, by Mr Charles Hilu, 27 September 2021.

Here is the lede plus two:

A majority of American Jewish college students feel unsafe on campus, and another 50 percent feel the need to hide their Jewish identity, according to the results of a newly released poll.

Specifically, 65 percent of students who openly identify as Jewish reported feeling unsafe due to anti-Semitism on campus, according to the poll, released Sept. 20 by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law.

“The first poll to specifically examine rates of anti-Semitism among college students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel finds that, among this group, students are feeling unsafe and, as a result, are learning that to avoid anti-Semitism they must view their religion as something to hide, not celebrate,” the center said in a news release.

Is this a case of authentic anti-Semitism or is this a case of all, or most, college students being hyper alert to possible slights?  Neither is a good thing, but the idea of anti-Semitism running rampent across our campuses, across our Country, is the more disturbing.  I thought that by 1945 we had figured out the ugly outcomes of anti-Semitism.  People used to say "Never Again".

Assuming that we are not dealing with the outcome of the Corbynization of the Democratic Party, with it attendent anti-Semitism, then it falls to College Officials, and Professors, and parents to fix this problem.  By the time our youth make it to college they should be able to interact with different groups, treating all with respect and accepting that many may have different views, but those views are their right under our First Amendment.  Our college bound students should understand that give and take and openness to other ideas, if just for the purposes of understanding, is fundamental to going to college.  That seems to be missing.

UPDATE:  I just came across tthis in The Washington Free Beacon:  "Anti-Semitic Attacks in 2020 Outnumbered Attacks Against Muslims, Asians, Transgender People Combined".

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff