Anti-Semitism 101. Prominent Belgian Jew quits university board to protest campus anti-Semitism . Haaretz

A prominent member of Belgium’s Jewish community resigned from the board of Brussels Free University this week to protest recent anti-Semitic incidents on campus.

The incidents, according to the European Jewish Press, include setting up a mock Israeli military checkpoint at the university ‏(which is known by its French initials, ULB‏); holding a Nazi-style student feast; inviting the anti-Semitic French comic Dieudonne to a conference on campus; and the absence of reaction to comments the comic made in a film, in which he declares that “the biggest swindlers of the planet are the Jews” and that “Death will be more comfortable than surrender to these dogs.” The Union of Jewish Students of Belgium has been raising the alarm over such incidents for months. Read more >>