The Jewish community at the University of Vermont (UVM) needs your support amid surging antisemitism on campus. Following a complaint submitted by the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and Jewish on Campus, both of which serve as advocacy groups to combat Jew-hatred, the U.S. Department of Education has launched an investigation into rising discrimination against Jewish students at UVM.
In response to this complaint, the president of UVM issued a public statement that ignored continued reports of Jewish students being discriminated against, intimidated, harassed, and targeted based on their Jewish identity. Instead of facing the truth and combating Jew-hatred at UVM, he doubled down and refused to acknowledge the hostile environment Jewish students and faculty members are forced to encounter each day.
Even worse, UVM’s president did not solely fail to acknowledge and denounce antisemitism on campus, which university leaders across America have continued to do as Jewish discrimination skyrockets. Instead, he blamed the victims for this harassment by suggesting they learn how to protect themselves better.
Enough is enough. We cannot let antisemitism continue to surge without while university leaders fail to acknowledge glaring Jew-hated within their campus communities. Jewish students, like any other minority group, deserve to receive an education free from fear of discrimination and exclusion from campus opportunities. Join us in demanding UVM’s president acknowledge and stand against antisemitism on campus without delay.
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