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3 Ways Jewish College Students are Building Strength Amid Hate

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish college students globally are responding to rising antisemitism by establishing supportive communities on their campuses, evident in stories from Australia, Argentina, and the U.S. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Jewish College StudentsJewish IdentityResilienceHamas AttacksCampus ActivismSolidaritySafe SpacesCommunity BuildingStudent Advocacy

Places mentioned

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
"Jonathan Adarola, a third-year student at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia."
Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
"Hillel exists in Buenos Aires and in Cordoba, which Cordoba is another province of Argentina."
Cordoba, Córdoba, Argentina
"Hillel exists in Buenos Aires and in Cordoba, which Cordoba is another province of Argentina."
St. Louis, Missouri, United States
"during the spring semester, after the October 7th Hamas terror attacks, she transferred to Washington University in St. Louis."
Israel
"when I was younger. And then I would say the first place I got kind of reintroduced was once I went to college. And."
Argentina
"We are bringing Holocaust survivors to universities to speak with administrations and with student cabinets that are not Jewish."
Claremont, California, United States
"I would say the majority of Jewish students in Claremont either aren't really... They don't really identify with their Jewish identity in other way."
Australia
"So I'm the president of the Jewish... Student Society on my campus. One of the things that I really pushed for when the encampments came to my city was to have a Jewish space on campus."
New York, United States
"I was two weeks ago in New York in a seminar with other Jewish students from all over the world."
California, United States
"Lauren Eckstein grew up outside Phoenix and initially pursued studies at Pomona College in Southern California."

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