Jewish students at Stanford were outraged by comments critical of Israel made by a Holocaust survivor and pro-Palestinian activist. Hedy Epstein gave a talk on campus last week titled “Surviving the Holocaust: Witnessing History Repeated,” which was promoted with fliers comparing Jews in Nazi Germany to Palestinians at Israeli checkpoints.
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