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Campuses are ground zero in debates about antisemitism − but that’s been true for 100 years

  • Written by Jonathan Krasner, Associate Professor of Jewish Education Research, Brandeis University
imageMembers of Mu Beta Chi, a Jewish fraternity, at the University of Minnesota in 1936. Upper Midwest Jewish Archives, University of Minnesota, CC BY-ND

When Eliza arrived on her West Coast college campus in the fall of 2020, building community was difficult due to the raging COVID-19 pandemic. Yet over time she forged a network of friends, anchored...

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