UMD’s antisemitism and Islamophobia task force must foster dialogue to fight ignorance
This university has a responsibility to answer division with conversation and ignorance with knowledge.
Prince George’s County Planning Board approves new Hillel center site plan
Maryland Hillel has had plans to build a new cultural center in the Old Town neighborhood for more than five years.
UMD’s interim chalking policy restricts free expression and won’t prevent hate speech
We cannot let our sidewalks lay bare. We must use them to spread our message.
UMD announces task force to address antisemitism and Islamophobia, interim chalking policy
The creation of the task force, which will be composed of students, faculty and staff, comes amid a surge of violence in Israel and Palestine.
UMPD investigating multiple hate bias incidents in La Plata Hall
These incidents are among several other anti-Black racism incidents that have recently been reported to the university’s diversity and inclusion office.
Anti-zionism is not antisemitic. Equating the two is dangerous.
Just as we must condemn abuses against Jewish people, we must stand against the violation of Palestinian existence.
Banning books teaches students fiction, not facts
By banning books and telling an incomplete account of the Holocaust, students are not learning crucial parts of history that could help lessen discrimination — they are learning fiction.
Weeks after antisemitic pamphlets were strewn across Old Town, Pines condemns hate
The pamphlets were marred with age-old antisemitic tropes.