10-6-2017 Jewish students feel unsafe on campus? A new study says otherwise - Oren Kroll-Zeldin +972

https://972mag.com/jewish-students-feel-unsafe-on-campus-a-new-study-says-otherwise/130058/

A new study published by Stanford University reveals that Jewish students feel safer on university campuses when they refuse to conflate their Jewish identities with unequivocal support for the State of Israel.

 

 

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