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BACK ISSUES OF THE JN The Detroit Jewish News Foundation’ s William Davidson Archive of Jewish Detroit History contains more than 330,000 pages of content — spanning more than 100 years — from the Jewish News and its predecessor publication. It is fast, free and accessible via djnfoundation.org Visit the JN website www.thejewishnews.com On many campuses, students lack clarity on how to deal with incidents of hate or ignorance, stalling progress. This flaw exists currently at MSU, even when the evidence is crystal clear that action must be taken. The class I took was about America’ s role in the Middle East and featured a book written by military historian Geoffrey Wawro called Quicksand, in which he attempts to explain the U.S involvement in the region. He employs anti-Semitism in his explanation, essentially blaming Jews for U.S. involvement in the region, and accusing Jews of manipulating American cit- izens and administrations into wrong foreign policy decisions. While discussing the creation of the state of Israel, he describes the supposed effort of Zionist Jews internationally to gain American sympathy for their cause. “The American Public — saddened by Jewish suffering and largely unaware of Arab claims in Palestine — eagerly embraced the Zionist propagan- da that appeared in every major American newspaper and many minor ones, too, ” Wawro wrote. “The Jewish propaganda was ingenious, appealing at the same time to American sentimentality and anti-Semitism. ” When I tried to report the anti-Semitism in this class, I was stonewalled. Members of the Office of Inclusion and Equity (OIE), as well as other departments on campus dealing with harassment and inclusion, informed me there was nothing that could be done, and that the class did not “reach the level of discrimination. ” I am still trying to get the university to take action and protect Jewish students (and other groups under siege) on campus. The university needs to come up with a system that pro- motes the concerns of students, instead of bogging them down with procedure and informing them the status quo will just have to do. For many groups, including Jewish students, the status quo is unacceptable. Universities could also help fight discrimination and bigotry by instituting programs that bring people together to combat bigotry, such as the ADL pro- gram called No Place for Hate, which educates students on bias and discrimination starting from as early as middle school. The program includes curricu- lums that go in depth on various forms of bigotry and discrimina- tion and can be vital for students of all ages to gain a better under- standing of the issues. Another option is the MSU Dialogues program, in which students learn more about other identi- ties and cultures. The Dialogues program is optional, and only 120 students, including me, par- ticipated in the spring of 2020. Expanding the program and mandating participation could help stomp out hate and bigotry. It will take communities and students of all backgrounds working together and support- ing each other make all students feel safe, including Jews, people of color and the LGBTQ com- munity. It will also take critical assistance from the universities. Although the Serling Institute of Jewish Studies has done their best to support Jewish students on campus through workshops and classes on Israel, they cannot do it by themselves. By working together, students, fac- ulty, and staff of all backgrounds can fight back against hate and ensure college campuses are a safe place for all. Alan Shulman is a senior at Michigan State University majoring in international relations with minors in Russian studies and Jewish studies. Read his full paper on campus anti-Semitism at thejewish- news.com. ANTI-SEMITISM from page 10