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May Our Memory be for a Blessing

Steven Feldman, Ph.D., Higher Education student , Indiana University Bloomington In August 2017, white supremacists at the Unite the Right rally shouted “Jews will not replace us” as they marched through the University of Virginia’s campus in Charlottesville. On October 27, 2018, Robert Gregory Bowers murdered eleven people attending Shabbat services at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  On October 8, 2022, rapper Kanye West tweeted “I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up, I’m going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”          The headlines continue to pour in and yet only begin to scratch the surface in documenting the rise in antisemitism nationwide. Although it is easy to write these off as the mistaken views of lone terrorists and misguided celebrities, antisemitism nevertheless runs rampant across the country, illustrating an entrenchment in our culture that few are comfortable admitting.     May our memory be for a blessing.   With each passing day, ou