(Jewish Group) Editorial: Antisemitism on campus should be directed with more than empty words

In the wake of yet another attack on Emerson’s Jewish community, it has become clear that the college needs to do more to combat antisemitism on campus.

On Oct. 15, antisemitic graffiti was found on an event poster for Hillel, the College’s Jewish student organization, in an elevator lobby of 2 Boylston Place.

The poster, which advertised a “Yoga with Hillel” event, was defaced with language that “mockingly invoked the Holocaust in relation to Jewish individuals or organizations,” according to a community-wide email from Interim President Bill Gilligan.

Those responsible for the graffiti have yet to be identified.

This incident marks the second time in recent years that antisemitic vandalism has appeared on Emerson grounds. In January 2020, four swastikas were found in a Piano Row stairwell, prompting condemnation from the college but no real action.

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