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Mary Sanchez: The challenge to US universities – Free speech can’t lead to antisemitism

Antisemitic speech and abuse of students’ right to free speech are both escalating, just as Passover, normally a joyous time commemorating Jewish freedom from slavery, begins. Jewish students at Columbia University, Yale, and many other esteemed universities, say they feel unsafe, unwelcome as pro-Palestinian students are protesting, setting up solidarity...

A dual threat is sweeping American campuses.

Antisemitic speech and abuse of students’ right to free speech are both escalating, just as Passover, normally a joyous time commemorating Jewish freedom from slavery, begins.

Many students, of all faiths or none, thought they’d be planning for celebrations at their spring graduations. Instead, conflicting views on the Israeli-Hamas war are playing out in campus protests nationwide.

Jewish students at Columbia University, Yale, and many other esteemed universities, say they feel unsafe, unwelcome as pro-Palestinian students are protesting, setting up solidarity encampments on

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