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 and many other minority groups represented on campus. Our hearts are with those students as well and we hope to stand together in these times. That this is the second event of its kind in less than two years illustrate

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 op-ed appeared in the April 10 print edition of The Student. As the main Jewish affinity group on campus, we wanted to address the story published in The Amherst Student re

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 of the swastika, a symbol which is a direct assault on our Jewish identities. That this event came only two months aft