ON CAMPUS CLASS & PLASTICS • SPECIALISTS IN CUSTOM SHOWER ENCLOSURES • EXPERTS IN CUSTOM MIRROR DESIGN AND INSTALLATION Campus Anti-Semitism Taking On New Look NOAM NEUSNER Special to The Jewish. News S EUROPEAN FRAMELESS GLASS SHOWER ENCLOSURE Call today for a free estimate, or visit our Southfield showroom for a consultation. 22223 Telegraph Rd. (South of 9 Mile) 353-5770 — Interior decorators and Builders Welcomed - - Custom Glass Experts Since 1964 — l a West Coast Putons GOLDENBERG OTOGRAPHY Natural Home Furnishings and Bedding DURING HOLIDAY BREAK ... STOP IN AND CHECK OUT THE LATEST IN DORM ROOM FASHION ... THE FUTON! Market Street Mack Pitt AND HIS ORCHESTRA 358-3642 • • • • Comfortable Functional Versatile FUN! LOWEST PRICES ... GUARANTEED! Combo • Big Band} .. 2544 Orchard Lk. Rd. (between Cass Lake and Middlebelt) (313) 681-5999 MAGIC MEMORIES VIDEO PHOTOGRAPHY by DAVID CITRIN • weddings • baribat mitzvahs • sweet los 471-1235 When you want more than a video of your party. ,(et us tell the story ofyour love for a lifetime of memories. 661-0748 Starlight Video Productions • 214 11 Civic Center Dr• Suite 312 • Southfield 118 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1990 CLASSIFIED GET RESULTS! Call The Jewish News 354-5959 an Francisco —The struggle to eradicate anti-Semitism from the campus received atten- tion from students meeting at the Council of Jewish Federations General Assembly last week. Not all of ,the students, however, agreed that the danger of anti-Semitism is pervasive. Speakers addressed the issue from a variety of perspectives, ranging from students who have been on the frontlines fighting on student governments to rabbis who have seen anti- Semitism expressed on the campus through admission quotas. The scope of anti-Semitism has shifted from bringing Jews into student bodies and faculty to the occasional flare-up of student-created anti-Semitism. This new an- ti-Semitism, which many speakers admitted was sporadic and rare, has been created by a new "multiculturalism" on the campus — an ideology that seeks to support and galvanize traditionally op- pressed groups. Jewish student groups, having achieved wide-spread success, are targeted as part of the establiShment. "We are experiencing a golden age of Jews in the academic community," said Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller, director of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation at the University of California, Los Angeles. The flipside of this success, students said, is a tension between Jews and other minority groups, par- ticularly blacks, Arabs and leftist groups. Directed in the by-laws and funding of student governments, this anti- Semitism can be voiced through anti-Israel speakers, reduction of fun- ding for Jewish student groups and numerous resolutions directed against Israel or Jewish groups. Also, sentiment against Jewish women is voiced in the offensive and derogatory term "JAP," denoting "Jewish American Princess." Multiculturalism, combin- Noain Neusner is a. senior at Johns Hopkins University and former intern at the Baltimore Jewish Tim. es. ed with increased campus sensitivity to race and bigotry has found a home in the term "P.C." or "politically correct." While embracing diversity, "P.C." also excludes the estab- lishment, which invariably includes Jewish student groups. Anti-Israel senti- ment has also been leveled against Jewish groups. Sup- port of Israel, a distinctly "in -P.C." position, has earned Jewish groups ire from lef- tists, environmentalists, feminists and numerous other ideological groups. Rabbi Seidler-Feller argued, however, that focus- ing on campus anti- Semitism is actually a "We are experiencing a golden age of Jews in the academic community," said Rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller. The flipside of this success, students said, is a tension between Jews and other minority groups. "convenient filler" for a lack of depth in Jewish literacy. Jewish learning has been forgotten while political ac- tivism has served the con- sciousness of the Jewish stu- dent. The rise of concern for an- ti-Semitism, said the rabbi, "is a reflection of a decline in Jewishness." Lacking any substance, Jewish student life will focus on the sporadic and rare instances of anti- Semitism. "What they do to us," said the rabbi, is beginning to mean more than "what we do to ourselves." ❑ U-M Hillel Sets Events The Hillel Foundation at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, will hold the following events: Students Fighting Anti- Semitism will meet 7:30 p.m. Dec. 10. Students Struggle for Soviet Jewry will meet 7 p.m. Dec. 11. UJA will sponsor its 3rd Annual UJA Bash 9:30 p.m. Dec. 12; there will be food and fun.