Challenges Facing Jewish College Students
The past two years have been particularly challenging for Jewish college students, with campuses becoming arenas of polarization rather than places of curiosity and critical exchange.
As upperclassmen at Harvard and McGill, we have witnessed peers feeling trapped between taking a strident side on nuanced conflicts or staying silent and withdrawing from conversations altogether.
A recent event, Charlie Kirk's assassination, has further intensified the polarizing atmosphere, with some seeing it as proof that civil discourse and free speech are impossible to achieve.
Dialogue isn't enough to fix what ails campuses. Jewish students like us need more.
University administrators have been calling for pluralism and increasing investments in dialogue training, even before Kirk's assassination.
Authors: Ari at Harvard and Maya at McGill.
Author's summary: Jewish students face challenges on polarized campuses.
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