Anti-Semitism at Wellesley

Jerold Auerbach

Once again anti-Semitism has roiled Wellesley College. The recent abrupt firingof the Hillel director and chaplain, and the relentless denigration of Israel by Muslim students and supportive faculty, have triggered concern about festering prejudice at the elite women’s college nestled within a sedate Boston suburb.

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