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Are Jewish students at risk of antisemitism on campus?

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On the point: It will always be a risk.

Of course there will always be a risk of anti-semitism on campus. When you get a lot of people with wildly differing ideas is somewhere that encourages freedom and gives students a lot of time there is a chance that there will be some people who will make use of that time to protest against Israel which may spill over in to anti-semitism.

However if the question is are they at much more risk than anywhere else, then probably not. There will be certain high profile events such as the cancellation of pro-Israeli speakers and anti-Israel marches as these are the kind of things that happen in politically active universities, but is anti-israelism anti-semitism? sometimes but often not. Are Jewish students more at risk on campus than they would be if they were equally visible elsewhere? probably not. Such anti-semitism is a growing worry everywhere and campuses are not much different in that regard.

Yes, because... It will always be a risk.

 

No, because...

Of course there will always be a risk of anti-semitism on campus. When you get a lot of people with wildly differing ideas is somewhere that encourages freedom and gives students a lot of time there is a chance that there will be some people who will make use of that time to protest against Israel which may spill over in to anti-semitism.

 

However if the question is are they at much more risk than anywhere else, then probably not. There will be certain high profile events such as the cancellation of pro-Israeli speakers and anti-Israel marches as these are the kind of things that happen in politically active universities, but is anti-israelism anti-semitism? sometimes but often not. Are Jewish students more at risk on campus than they would be if they were equally visible elsewhere? probably not. Such anti-semitism is a growing worry everywhere and campuses are not much different in that regard.