The event attended by 60 people was organized by Jewish Voice for Peace, a left-wing organization that supports the BDS movement against Israel.
A student put up anti-Semitic art from Der Stürmer next to flyers with Valley’s cartoons.
“The attacks aimed at Rep. Omar are beyond the pale,”
The vote follows discussions that started when the Boston Workmen’s Circle signed a statement by the anti-Zionist Jewish Voice for Peace.
Prominent Israel-bashers have offered words of solidarity with Pittsburgh Jews — which strikes many Jews as opportunistic and insincere.
“People were yelling at us for being Jews, and for not being Jews the way they want us to be Jews.”
“The issue here is that the institutional Jewish community is ignoring our Jewish voices in the community,” a JVP member said.
The impact of BDS — and its professed anti-Semitic undertones — on a student is highly individualized, both to the student and to the campus.
The Anti-Defamation League is the leading institution fighting against anti-Semitism in the world. But it’s fielded criticism from left and right.
Despite these attempts to blame people for their own deaths, at a grassroots level, the Jewish American community is in an uproar of outrage