NYT’ reports ‘surge of hostile sentiment against Jews’ nationwide — on what basis?
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Today The New York Times printed a long article
at the top of its national section stating that the ugly prejudice of
anti-Semitism has returned to the United States, on college campuses.
Headlined “In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of
Old Biases,” the article says that the UCLA student council asked a
candidate for the student government’s judicial board about the fact
that she is Jewish and active in Jewish organizations, and that the
council then debated her affiliations for 40 minutes before confirming
her.
Reporter
Adam Nagourney states that the questions about sophomore Rachel Beyda
“seemed to echo the kind of questions, prejudices and tropes —
particularly about divided loyalties — that have plagued Jews across the
globe for centuries, students and Jewish leaders said.”
We
are in no position to defend the student council for its conduct, but
Nagourney undermines his credibility by going on to the following
astounding assertion:
The session… has served to spotlight what appears to be a surge of hostile sentiment directed against Jews at many campuses in the country, often a byproduct of animosity toward the policies of Israel.Let’s repeat that phrase: “what appears to be a surge
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