San Diego, CA – Safety concerns are on the rise for some of the hundreds of Jewish students at UC San Diego after vandalism on campus and a visit to campus by a controversial guest speaker
The ugly discoveries at the school last week include a display case highlighting anti-Semitism that was covered in signs, with one calling Israel an apartheid state, and a swastika allegedly found scrawled on the bathroom wall of the library.
The displays of disrespect are examples of an escalating problem that has fourth-year student Blake Dickman on edge.
“I’m concerned for not only my safety but other Jewish students’,” said Dickman, who is the vice-president of Tritons for Israel. “I’m waking up stressed and anxious, wondering if I’m going to go to campus and be physically attacked by a student who has opposing views and, simply because I’m Jewish, deems me as their villain.”
