A University of Pennsylvania communications specialist warns that the participation of Jewish youth in campus revolts is creating anti-Semitism, particularly in the Middle West. Dr. Percy Tannenbaum, professor of communications at Pennsylvania’s Annenberg School of Communications, cited the problem in a lecture series on contemporary issues in Jewish life at Yeshiva University’s Ferkauf Graduate School of humanities and social sciences.
“The heavy involvement of Jewish youth in campus revolts, especially on Midwestern campuses, has caused many people to lock negatively at the Jew for his part in fomenting the unrest,” Dr. Tannenbaum said. He said anti-Semitism was not out in the open yet because “on Midwestern campuses unrest is attributed to the Easterners, which is the designation being given to the Jews.” Dr. Tanenbaum said among the factors involved in Jewish participation in student revolts were their liberal upbringing, rejection of middle class values and sensitivity to hypocricy.
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