IU forms task force to combat rise in antisemitic acts on campus

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Indiana University has formed a new task force to combat antisemitism, following what it calls an alarming rise in antisemitic acts on its Bloomington campus.

That includes religious symbols being ripped off students' doors in residence halls.

Freshman Kaylee Werner is one of about a dozen Hoosiers who joined the new task force at IU, after learning fellow Jewish students were being targeted for their faith.

"I was pretty blind to the antisemitism that was going on until I really joined this task force and heard from other students about issues that they've been facing around campus," Werner said. "This isn't who we are. It's not who we stand for!"

Starting in September, around Jewish High Holy Days, IU had at least a dozen reports of sacred religious symbols, mezuzahs, stolen from dormitory doors. The mezuzah is an enclosed prayer scroll put on a doorframe, that identifies a home as Jewish and indicates God's protection.

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