Jewish researchers and students say they are being attacked in Switzerland. Researcher Veronique Elefant-Yanni, of the University of Geneva, says she recently was attacked in a campus elevator by Arab students. When she reported the incident to her supervisor, he reportedly told not to wear her Star of David in public. In the city of Lausanne, Ilan Levy, a local Jewish student leader, says he was attacked twice in public and has decided not to wear his yarmulke in public.
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