Antisemitism training designed by pro-Israel groups is becoming compulsory at US colleges. What’s in it?

Training asks students to attribute the statement ‘every time I read Hitler, I fall in love’ to an ‘anti-Israel activist’ Near the end of an antisemitism training video that Northwestern University students are required to watch, the narrator urges viewers to play a guessing game. Six statements pop on to the screen – the viewer must choose whether they were made by “anti-Israel activists” or the former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke.Among the statements: “Every time I read Hitler, I fall in love again.” The video reveals that the statement was made by an “anti-Israel activist”. The narrator then states: “The fact that you can’t tell the difference is terrifying.” He adds that for most Jews, being anti-Israel and antisemitic “are the same”. Continue reading...

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