Jewish students ‘under seige at York U
TORONTO — York University has been a hotbed of anti-Israel activity for years, but “the siege” against Jewish students on campus of late is more intense than ever before, says Aaron Rosenberg, co-president of Hasbara at York.
Within the past two weeks, a Jewish student at York received a death threat against him and his family, while another Jewish student was allegedly assaulted by a member of an anti-Israel campus group. In two other incidents, a mob chanting anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist slurs trapped Jewish students inside the campus Hillel lounge, and an anti-Israel rally was held in Vari Hall rotunda.