Wellesley College fires Hillel staff as Jewish students face upped anti-Israel activity

Jewish students in Wellesley College dismayed by abrupt firing: 'We lost our support system, we're on our own.'

By Debra Nussbaum Cohen
November 26, 2014
Source: haaretz.com

Soon after the new school year got underway at Wellesley College, posters bearing the images of Palestinian children who were killed or wounded during the Gaza war appeared on dining hall walls. A large poster, likewise sponsored by the new campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, went up in the student center asking, “What does Zionism mean to you?” with lots of…

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Wellesley College fires Hillel staff as Jewish students face upped anti-Israel activity

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