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February 27, 2018       Share:    

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/grade-point/wp/2018/02/23/protesters-disrupt-jewish-student-meeting-at-university-of-virginia/

University of Virginia Condemns Disruption of Jewish Student Meeting

(Washington Post) Joe Heim - Protesters chanting anti-Israel slogans disrupted a discussion with Israel Defense Forces reservists held Thursday at the University of Virginia, organized by the Brody Jewish Center-Hillel. The Brody Center said it invited the protesters to take part in the discussion, but the "protesters refused to engage in conversation and instead continued to shout intimidating and hostile slurs." Dean Allen W. Groves reviewed video of the incident and emailed the student body, saying the incident "runs counter to our important shared values of respect and intellectual inquiry, and should be firmly rejected....Our students...reject the 'heckler's veto' of shouting down those with whom we may disagree."

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