Letter from the Hillel Executive Board
Amherst College Hillel’s executive board voices concern about antisemitic rhetoric silencing part of the campus community and thereby limiting the allowable discourse about the Palestine-Israel conflict.
Amherst Hillel E-Board
Hillel Responds to Swastika Incident… Again
As many students are aware, several swastikas were found carved into a table at
Book and Plow Farm this past Saturday, Oct. 10. The Amherst College Hillel
community is deeply affected and hurt by the use of the swastika, a symbol which
is a direct assault on our Jewish identities
Hillel Responds to the Swastika Incident — April 10
Editor’s Note: The Student first published an op-ed
[https://amherststudent.com/article/hillel-responds-to-swastika-incident] by
Amherst Hillel on its website on April 2. Shortly after, members of the
administration reached out to Hillel and engaged its members in a meeting on
Monday, April 8. The revised version of Hillel’s
Hillel Responds to Swastika Incident — April 2
As the main Jewish affinity group on campus, we wanted to address the story
released in last week’s issue of The Student
[https://amherststudent.com/article/members-of-mens-lacrosse-posted-snapchat-photos-of-unconscious-person-with-swastika-drawn-on-face]
regarding events at the men’s lacrosse house earlier in December 2018.
Our community is deeply affected and hurt by the use