Today we're talking shit with Tessa Veksler, USCB student body president, who has been living in antisemites' heads rent-free for a few months now.

Her lovely classmates left signs outside her room saying things like "you can run but you can’t hide” “Tessa Veksler Supports Genocide,”, “Get these Zionist[s] out of office,” and more.

you asked, we answered!!!

final episode in this deep dive!!

edits & production by njg

part two of three

produced & edited by Zev Hurwitch

Join our deep dive into why US college students are simping for Hamas, calling to abolish Israel, and how we got here.

Episode 1 of 3 discusses where we have gone wrong, cringey hasbara, LGBTQ+ hasbara, and more.

This episode was produced & edited by Zev Hurwich.

Sources:

About the Amsterdam pogrom: https://www.thefp.com/p/pogrom-amsterdam-antisemitismhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/report-israeli-authorities-foresaw-danger-in-amsterdam-failed-to-warn-soccer-club-fans/https://www.telegraaf.nl/nieuws/931019379/geschokte-me-er-over-jodenjacht-ik-herken-me-totaal-niet-in-beeld-dat-maccabi-fans-geweld-uitlokten?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaY6ML1Zl5fYkjAqCUv6aHetuG4v-WaY5MlUJES4VSKCGXCbvMjapkJAmIw_aem_e3pqlde9CD8_o0y_Ax8lzwhttps://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-828211https://www.timesofisrael.com/last-straw-amsterdam-jew-hunt-triggers-push-for-dutch-jewish-migration-to-israel/
Statements from Dutch Jewish community: 

https://x.com/CJO_NL/status/1854810658509930584

https://ejassociation.eu/eja/brutal-assaults-in-amsterdam-against-israelis-statement-by-dutch-chief-rabbi-binyomin-jacobs-president-of-ipor-dutch-jewish-communities-president-ellen-van-praagh-and-european-jewish-association-ch/

Assaults on Jews continued after Maccabi fans left Amsterdam: 

https://x.com/dmdebruijn/status/1855594869932097651

https://www.parool.nl/wereld/israelische-supporters-amsterdam-aangevallen~ba8fedc0/?moment_id=289551b7-12ff-4410-ac90-0180406fb5d4

Pogroms in history:

https://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/the-1919-pogroms-ukraine-and-poland-one-hundred-years-later

Safed: The Mystical City by Dovid Rossoff 

https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/get-the-jew-a-new-documentary-reexamines-the-1991-crown-heights-riot-with-a-timely-warning/

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/pogroms

“Justification” for Kristallnacht: 

https://mjhnyc.org/blog/the-forgotten-life-of-herschel-grynszpan/

Historical pogrom that started as “back and forth” attacks: 

https://mjhnyc.org/blog/devastation-destruction-the-1906-bialystok-pogrom/

 Studies in Contemporary Jewry (pg. 48), edited by Peter Y Medding

Other pogroms “without casualties”:

https://www.irelandisrael.ie/blog/118-years-ago-today/

https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/2014-06-05/ty-article/.premium/1934-a-rare-kind-of-pogrom-begins-in-turkey/0000017f-e60b-dea7-adff-f7fbbe590000

Another pogrom where “the victims didn’t live there”:

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-kielce-pogrom-a-blood-libel-massacre-of-holocaust-survivors

Origins of the Palestinian movement: 

Nazis in the Holy Land 1933-1948 by Heidemarie Wawrzyn Nazi Palestine: The Plans for the Extermination of the Jews in Palestine by Martin Cuppers and Klaus-Michael Mallmann

Live by the Sword: Israel's Struggle for Existence in the Holy Land by James Rothrock

https://www.sixdaywar.org/precursors-to-war/arab-threats-against-israel/

https://israeled.org/resources/documents/decision-to-reject-a-majority-palestinian-arab-state/

The Struggle Against Oppression Everywhere: The Global Politics of Palestinian Liberation by Paul Chamberlin 

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-grand-mufti-s-testimony-before-the-peel-commission

Oslo/withdrawal from Gaza: 

War of Return by Einar Wilf 

https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9331863

State of antisemitism in the Netherlands/Europe: 

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-823171

https://fra.europa.eu/en/publication/2024/experiences-and-perceptions-antisemitism-third-survey#publication-tab-1

https://www.thejc.com/news/world/jewish-worker-at-the-anne-frank-house-in-amsterdam-prevented-from-wearing-a-kippah-eq86kf19

https://www.australianjewishnews.com/dead-jews-and-live-antisemites/

Music by Ariel Shalom

Sources:

Neveen Ayesh’s antisemitic tweets: https://canarymission.org/blog/BDS_Leader_Shredded_by_Missouri_State_Representatives
Jewish voting demographics:https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/u-s-jews-political-views/What Emma Lazarus actually meant: https://jwa.org/media/quote-from-epistle-to-hebrews"Once Palestine is free, not a single homosexual will be allowed to live in our land”:https://www.memri.org/tv/aqsa-mosque-sermon-palestinian-people-will-not-allow-a-single-homosexual-reject-perversionYevsektsiya:https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/the-cool-kidshttps://encyclopedia.yivo.org/article/2358JVP doesn’t want to pray in Hebrew: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394689Association of German National Jews: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/394689https://www.jta.org/archive/dr-max-naumann-still-loyal-to-nazi-oppressors-of-his-race-hits-zionists-and-eastern-jewshttp://www.oldmagazinearticles.com/1930s_antisemitism_pdfLone soldier statistics: https://lonesoldiercenter.com/about-us/who-are-lone-soldiers/#:~:text=There%20are%20over%207%2C000%20lone,from%20low%20socio%2Deconomic%20backgrounds.Standing Together gets BDS’ed: https://bdsmovement.net/standing-together-normalizationAbout Hadash/origins of Standing Together: https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/hadash-political-partyhttps://www.972mag.com/the-new-jewish-arab-movement-that-plans-to-save-the-israeli-left/Brooklyn book launch canceled because Zionist would be in attendance: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/nyregion/powerhouse-books-andy-bachman-event-cancelled-zionist.html#:~:text=Big%20CITY-,A%20Bookshop%20Cancels%20an%20Event%20Over%20a%20Rabbi's%20Zionism%2C%20Prompting,t%20want%20a%20Zionist%20onstage.%E2%80%9D“Pound of Flesh” by Einat Wilf: https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/the-bds-pound-of-fleshSelf-determination is a right: https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/self_determination_(international_law)Anti-normalization: https://cdn.fedweb.org/fed-118/2/2019_IAN_One-Sheet_Normalization%2520.pdfhttps://www.adl.org/resources/news/strategy-rejection-anti-normalization-campaign

Sources:

Mary director responds to backlash: 

https://www.business-standard.com/entertainment/netflix-movie-mary-sparks-controversy-makers-defend-their-decision-nc-124121000584_1.html

Christian replacement theology, Islamic tahrif: 

https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1105&context=pretrib_arch

https://www.al-islam.org/tags/tahrif

Pope at Vatican nativity scene with Keffiyeh:

https://www.timesofisrael.com/pope-francis-inaugurates-nativity-scene-in-vatican-showing-baby-jesus-on-keffiyeh/ 

“Palestine Crucified” poster: 

https://www.palestineposterproject.org/poster/palestine-crucified

www.foreignpolicyjournal.com/2011/05/25/palestinian-political-leadership-then-and-now/

Jesus was Judean: 

https://www.bibleodyssey.org/map-gallery/herodian-kingdoms-map/

https://rsc.byu.edu/new-testament-history-culture-society/judea-roman-province-ad-6-66

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/08/07/how-old-was-jesus-when-he-died/7700029001/

Origins of the term Palestine: 

https://www.hudson.org/node/44363

Jewish-Roman Wars: 

https://www.heritage-history.com/index.php?c=resources&s=war-dir&f=wars_romanjewish

How Jewish identity developed: 

The Hebrew Bible by Robert Alter 

“Palestinian” Jews expelled by Arabs: 

https://www.jns.org/a-will-to-survive-recalls-arab-ethnic-cleansing-of-jerusalems-jews/

Jews persecuted for supposedly killing Jesus: 

https://www.ajc.org/translatehate/deicide

Ex-CEO of Wikipedia comments:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2gsj0EEE3I

No, the Jews didn’t kill Jesus: 

https://source.wustl.edu/2004/02/romans-are-to-blame-for-death-of-jesus/

Arab countries lobbied against Nostra Aetate: 

https://www.catholicsforisrael.com/articles/israel-and-the-church/229-the-origins-and-development-of-nostra-aetate#:~:text=At%20the%20same%20time%2C%20Abbot,the%20Declaration%20on%20the%20Jews.

Demonization of the Talmud: 

https://blog.nli.org.il/en/against_the_talmud/

Music By Ariel Shalom

Sources:

From the river to the sea: 

https://www.fdd.org/analysis/2024/05/16/dont-buy-rashida-tlaib-co-s-lie-from-the-river-to-the-sea-has-always-meant-erasing-israel/

Globalize the Intifada: 

https://www.ajc.org/news/what-does-globalize-the-intifada-mean-and-how-can-it-lead-to-targeting-jews-with-violence

Within Our Lifetime/WOL Palestine: 

https://wolpalestine.com/resources/rally-toolkit/

Al Aqsa Flood: 

https://carnegieendowment.org/sada/2024/01/iran-and-operation-al-aqsa-flood-sacrificing-the-pawn-to-save-the-king?lang=en 

Amelia’s post: https://www.instagram.com/p/C2N0IcevmSh/?igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==

Berlin bans Hamas inverted red triangle: 

https://eurojewcong.org/news/communities-news/germany/berlin-bans-red-triangle-symbol-used-by-hamas-to-mark-targets/

Nazi inverted red triangle: 

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/classification-system-in-nazi-concentration-camps

Paragliders on October 7: 

https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2023/10/25/exp-israel-gaza-attack-jeremy-diamond-war-fst-102512pseg1-cnni-world.cnn

Houthis: 

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ye%7D.html

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/E-9-2021-005440_EN.html

https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-of-yemens-last-remaining-jews-said-expelled-by-iran-backed-houthis/

Hamas: 

https://avalon.law.yale.edu/21st_century/hamas.asp

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/hamas-says-new-document-not-a-substitute-for-founding-charter-490379

https://www.memri.org/tv/hamas-political-bureau-member-fathi-hammad-at-gaza-rallies-cleanse-palestine-of-filth-cancer-of-the-jews

https://www.memri.org/reports/hamas-political-bureau-member-fathi-hammad-calls-palestinians-all-over-world-slaughter-jews

https://www.memri.org/tv/snr-hamas-official-fathi-hammad-urges-people-jerusalem-cut-off-heads-jews-knives-day-reckoning-moment-destruction

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ps%7Dhamas.html

Hezbollah:

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/masked-demonstrator-waves-a-flag-of-the-lebanese-shiite-news-photo/1734759134

https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20240412-argentina-court-blames-iran-for-deadly-1994-attacks-on-jewish-centre

Palestinian Islamic Jihad: 

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ps%7Djihad.html

https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/palestine-islamic-jihad

Lion’s Den: 

 https://ecfr.eu/special/mapping_palestinian_politics/lions-den/

PFLP:  

https://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/ps%7Dpflp.html

https://www.jpost.com/arab-israeli-conflict/the-hijackers-of-entebbe-the-full-story-636042

https://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-investigating-cruel-hamas-claim-that-bibas-children-mother-killed-in-gaza/

Samidoun/PFLP: 

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2646

https://nypost.com/2024/06/11/us-news/nyc-anti-israel-protesters-unfurl-long-live-october-7-banner-as-mob-harasses-reporter/

Music By Ariel Shalom

Sources:

Why Nazis developed gas chambers: https://www.pbs.org/auschwitz/40-45/killing/October 7 terrorist proud to kill 10 Jews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bACNYtaLBQIhttps://www.timesofisrael.com/idf-publishes-audio-of-hamas-terrorist-calling-family-to-brag-of-killing-jews/Nutrition at Auschwitz: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/history/life-in-the-camp/nutrition/https://auschwitz.net/auschwitz-diet/Humanitarian aid in Gaza: https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-study-finds-food-supply-to-gaza-more-than-sufficient-for-populations-needs/https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/large-gaza-food-convoy-violently-looted-unrwa-says-2024-11-18/Concentration vs. extermination camps: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nazi-campshttps://www.hmd.org.uk/learn-about-the-holocaust-and-genocides/the-holocaust/the-camps/extermination-camps/Sonderkommando Revolt: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/timeline-event/holocaust/1942-1945/auschwitz-revoltHolocaust denial, soft Holocaust denial, Holocaust inversion, and Holocaust universalization: https://www.ushmm.org/antisemitism/holocaust-denial-and-distortionhttps://www.thetower.org/article/the-rise-of-soft-holocaust-denial/https://fathomjournal.org/holocaust-inversion-and-contemporary-antisemitism/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hAhGEXdnfcAntisemitism in Nazi ideology: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/antisemitism-in-history-nazi-antisemitismHitler wrote against Zionism in Mein Kampf: https://www.yadvashem.org/docs/extracts-from-mein-kampf.html Father of Palestinian nationalism and Nazis: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/hajj-amin-al-husayni-wartime-propagandisthttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/film/hajj-amin-al-husayni-meets-hitler Jewish partisans and Zionists: https://www.jhi.pl/en/articles/july-28-1942-establishment-of-the-jewish-combat-organization,693https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/armed-jewish-resistance-partisanshttps://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/holocaust-resistance-tuvia-bielskihttps://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/abba-kovnerWarsaw Ghetto Uprising: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/warsaw-ghetto-uprising Holocaust hindered German war effort: Holocaust vs. Wehrmacht by Yaron PasherHamas planned to reach Tel Aviv, got distracted by Nova: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/11/12/hamas-planning-terror-gaza-israel/https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/tv-police-probe-of-reim-massacre-shows-terrorists-didnt-know-about-party-in-advance/British and Holocaust inversion:https://shura.shu.ac.uk/22920/3/Klaff%20Robert%20Wistrich%20and%20Holocaust%20Inversion.pdfJohn Bagot Glubb designed Palestinian keffiyeh:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/11/keffiyeh-scarf-fashion-history-palestineWhat Chosen People means:https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/108391/jewish/The-Chosen-People.htmAl-Futuwwa: The PLO: the rise and fall of the Palestine Liberation Organization by Jillian BeckerSoviet Union and Holocaust inversion: https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/search?searchArg=criminal+alliance+of+zionism+and+nazism&searchCode=GKEY%5E*&searchType=0&recCount=25&sk=en_UShttps://www.jta.org/archive/bonn-charges-ussr-exports-nazi-anti-semitic-films-to-arabshttps://www.thejewishnews.com/lookingback/mike-smith-column/un-resolution-3379-is-passed/article_0321642d-ab0b-5436-a178-d8360e9de717.html Post-Holocaust violence in Eastern Europe: https://www.yadvashem.org/articles/general/anti-jewish-violence-in-poland-after-liberation.html  Jews forced to wear differentiating garments in Arab world:A Mediterranean Society: the Jewish Communities of the World as Portrayed in the Cairo Geniza by S.D. Goitein Rashida Tlaib quote: https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-did-rashida-tlaib-say-about-the-holocaust-its-probably-not-what-you-think/

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