The erection of a new building to house the B’nai B’rith Hillel Foundation at the University of Maryland has been blocked owing to the opposition of non-Jewish students. Approximately 50 members of fraternities and sororities appeared before the Prince George’s county commissioner and said they did not want the Hillel building erected near their fraternity and sorority houses because they feared the Jewish students would make too much noise.
Following the testimony of members of Phi Delta fraternity and of the Kappa Delta, Alpha Delta Pi, and Delta Delta Delta sororities, the county commissioners refused to grant a zoning variance for erection of the Hillel building. About two years ago a retiring student body president, who was not Jewish, issued a statement complaining about the prevalence of anti-Semitism at the university.
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