Graffiti, chants, raucous protests, and threats have characterized a rise in antisemitism across US college campuses, which has left Jewish students on edge.
NEW ORLEANS — As a Jewish student, Eden Roth always has felt safe and welcome at Tulane University, where more than 40% of the students are Jewish. That has been tested by the aftermath of last month's Hamas incursion into Israel. Graffiti appeared on the New Orleans campus with the message 'from the river to the sea,' a rallying cry for pro-Palestinian activists.
think that the shift of experience with Jews on campus was extremely shocking,' said Roth, who was in Israel last summer for a study-abroad program. 'A lot of students come to Tulane because of the Jewish population — feeling like they’re supported, like a majority rather than a minority. And I think that’s definitely shifted.' Tulane isn’t alone.
The Hamas raid may have made some people more reluctant to speak even as others become more outspoken, said Jackson, who said she recently spent a 'gap year' in Israel and has friends and family there. 'But it’s a lot harder to have a civil conversation,' Jackson said, 'when emotions and tension are so high and so many people are so personally connected to this.'
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