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Annual "Stop The Hate" contest celebrates young people who tackle tough issues

The “ Stop the Hate” essay contest is an initiative from the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage that celebrates Northeast Ohio students committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society by standing up and speaking out against bias and bigotry.

Each year about 3,000 students enter, and with the help of over 400 volunteer readers, 20 finalists are named. Since the contest started 14 years ago, over 40,000 students in 12 counties across Northeast Ohio have participated, and as of this year, $1.4 million has been awarded.

Every yearon the Sound of Ideas, we feature some of the contests winners, and talk to them about the challenges they’ve faced, and how they overcome them. Today on the show we’ll hear from four students, who tackle everything from body shaming, to racist threats.

Later in the hour, we discuss the film “The Erie Situation”, which just garnered a prize at The Cleveland International Film Festival. It focuses on the toxic algae blooms that happen in Lake Erie each spring and summer. These blooms occur when nutrients from fertilizers run off into the water shed. Little is being done to regulate or control that run off, and the problem continues to get worse and worse.

The film’s Director, David Ruck, will talk about what inspired him to create the film, what the future looks like for The Great Lakes, and if enough is being done to address the problem of the toxic blooms.

"Stop The Hate" Essay Contest

- Maraja Moss, 12th Grader, Jackson High School

- Lizzy Huang, 11th Grader, Shaker Heights High School

- Sanjana Katiyar , 11 th Grader, Strongsville High School

- Jacqueline Hudack , 11th Grader, Lakewood High School

- David Ruck, Director, "The Erie Situation"

‘Hate always starts small:’ Stop the Hate essay contest runner-up Jessica Chang

• Published: May. 11, 2021, 3:30 p.m.

Jessica Chang is the runner-up of the 13th annual Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out contest, hosted by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage. The museum awards $100,000 to 25 students in sixth-12th grades in 12 Northeast Ohio counties. The competition is rooted in the Jewish value of respect for all humanity.

• Jessica Chang | Hathaway Brown

Jessica Chang is a senior at Hathaway Brown.

The 13th annual Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out contest , hosted by the Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, awards $100,000 to 25 students in sixth-12th grades in 12 Northeast Ohio counties. The competition is rooted in the Jewish value of respect for all humanity. Cleveland.com is posting the top 10 finalists. See all the essays here.

“HA-HA-HA.” As a child, I often pretended that I had no middle name, because whenever people found out that it was “Ha,” they would inevitably make the same joke, force the same fake laughter, and refuse to say it correctly, with just the one syllable. My middle name is my mother’s surname, a tie to my Korean heritage—but in America, it’s just a joke.

I learned from a young age that Americans like to laugh at funny things, but in this case funny doesn’t mean “seeking or intending to amuse.” It means “differing from the ordinary in a suspicious or eccentric way.” There are many things about me that are funny in America. My name is funny. The way I speak is funny. The food that I eat smells funny. The music that I listen to is funny. Even my laughter is funny: “Your eyes get so funny and small when you laugh!” To this day, I double-check all photos of me smiling to make sure my eyes aren’t narrowed too much.

Laughing can bring us together, but it can also divide us into those who are laughing and those being laughed at. Hate always starts small. It starts with jokes about “kung flu” or the subservient role of Asian women, comments that eventually lead to horrific crimes like the shooting in Atlanta. It’s never “just” a joke. During the pandemic, over 3,800 anti-Asian hate crimes were committed. Victims, mostly Asian women, were harassed, slashed, burned, and shot dead. It’s become painfully clear: we are the virus, and white supremacy is America’s immune system, expelling our foreign bodies by any means possible, starting with racist jokes and ending with violence.

Today, I live a life of fear. If someone stares for too long at the grocery store, I start identifying the nearest exits. Fear has taught me, however, that I will only stop being afraid if I can take back the narrative. I used to burn with shame whenever my middle name was mentioned. Now, I put it on every form I fill out. I immersed myself in my culture and volunteered for groups like the Ohio Progressive Asian Women’s Leadership, finding joy and empowerment in my heritage and work for the AAPI community.

My senior year, I started the MISO Project with a friend to raise awareness for North Korean defectors like my grandfather, raising $500 for LiNK, a nonprofit that helps defectors resettle. In Korean, “MISO” means “smile.” Because when we laugh at others, we dehumanize them, but when we strive to put a smile on their faces, we uplift each other. Throughout the project, we interviewed several experts and refugees for a short documentary. One memorable interviewee said that “North Korea is [more than] jokes about Kim Jong-Un. It is full of people just like you and I, [with] their own families and their own hopes.” I understand what he meant. We are more than a punchline in the American story. We’re the next chapter.

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Maltz Museum Introduces 14th Annual Stop the Hate Contest with Info Session

Mon 9/13 @ 7PM

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage launched its Stop the Hate essay contest for junior high and high school-age students 14 years ago and its reach has continued to grow. Its Youth Speak Out essay contest has been joined by its Youth Sing Out songwriting contest, a group project for classes. Both engage youth of all backgrounds in exploring how to stand up against bigotry and create a more just and inclusive society. Each year it awards $100,000 in scholarships and prizes to students and their schools. It also hosts workshops and tours focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.

It’s launching its 14 th season this week with a free, online info session that’s open to all: students, parents, teachers and interested community members. The session will feature representatives from the Maltz Museum as well as partners, Lake Erie Ink and Roots of American Music, and the 2021 Stop the Hate Educators of the Year and contest finalists. You’ll learn what students do to earn Stop the Hate Upstander Certificates and how schools are being named Stop the Hate Upstander Schools.

There’ll be a Q&A after the presentation. Go here to register.

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PEP Students to Compete in “Stop the Hate” Essay Contest

This year students from PEP Hopewell are participating in a contest through the Maltz Museum called “ Stop the Hate .” The program is for 6 th – 12 th graders in Northeast Ohio and has two options for participating: an essay contest known as “Youth Speak Out” or a song-writing competition known as “Youth Sing Out.”

According to the Maltz Museum the contest celebrates “Northeast Ohio students in sixth to twelfth grade who are committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society by standing up and speaking out against bias and bigotry as they compete for a chance to win prestigious prizes.”

PEP students join approximately 3,000 other participants from across Northeast Ohio who are competing in the contest. Top winners are awarded scholarships and their schools are awarded anti-bias education grants.

Examining Personal Challenges in a Safe Space

All ninth through twelfth graders at PEP Hopewell are entering the essay contest with the help and guidance of high school English Language Arts teacher Hope Ann Wohlers.

The prompt for the essay contest asks students to write about a personal experience of injustice, bias, discrimination or exclusion and how it impacted them. At PEP, where many students have faced trauma, the prompt has been a way to unburden themselves about some of their difficult experiences.

“This is a sensitive topic for many students in my classes who have experienced sexual assault, racial slurs and bullying; I know this because I have learned recently through reading their essays just how difficult some of these situations have been for them,” said Wohlers. “Writing has helped students to recount harmful experiences in a safe and regulated way. Typically quiet and withdrawn students have used this essay to open up and be vulnerable by sharing some difficult truths.”

Wohlers explained that the contest has also facilitated critical conversations around what discrimination and exclusion look like in our daily lives.

“This project is great for PEP because we have a group of diverse students with very different experiences, and providing space in the classroom to discuss sexism, ableism and racism has given students a chance dive deeper into some of the covert ways we experience discrimination in our society.”

What’s Next?

Starting this month, a volunteer from the Maltz Museum will visit PEP Hopewell for writing workshops with these students. Workshops will take place twice a week for three weeks. The volunteer’s role is to help students understand what it means to use their voice and how to put their personal experiences into writing.

“The essay contest has been a wonderful fit for PEP since it not only presents an opportunity to develop academic skills like writing and critical thinking, but also provides a therapeutic approach to discussing difficult experiences,” said Christine Zanoni, director, curriculum and instruction. “We definitely want to continue participating in the future.”

To learn more about PEP Hopewell or PEP’s other Day Treatment Centers visit our website . To see if a student in your district may be a good fit, contact Nicole Molnar, clinical coordinator, at 216-361-7760 ext. 110 or via email .

*Please note, referrals are made through school districts. Interested parents or caregivers should contact their school administrator.*

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Stop the hate essay finalists announced by maltz museum, students from across northeast ohio will have a chance to win scholarship money through their writing..

Chris Mosby , Patch Staff

BEACHWOOD, OH — The Maltz Museum's annual Stop the Hate essay contest announced its winners on Friday. Students were asked to consider a more inclusive society and the consequences of intolerance.

Students in grades 6-12 were invited to participate. They had to confront the issues of racism, ableism, homophobia, xenophobia, and others. Selected students may receive scholarship money through the Maltz Museum. Schools can also receive funding for anti-bias education through the contest.

Thousands of students entered the contest. Twenty-five finalists will be announced and then one winner will be selected. The top 10 essays will be read live in front of a panel of judges.

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This years's top 25 finalists for 2019 Stop the Hate Youth Speak Out are:

Top 10 Juniors and Seniors , competing for grand prize of $40,000 in scholarship money

• Heavenlee Alamo, Grade 12, James Ford Rhodes High School
• Marcie Baker, Grade 12, West Geauga High School
• Alexa Furukawa, Grade 11, Revere High School
• Alan Goodloe, Grade 12, Hudson High School
• Mackenzie Lee, Grade 12, Hawken School
• Samuel Oguntoyinbo, Grade 12, Solon High School
• Priyanka Shrestha, Grade 11, Beachwood High School
• Mathilde Tomter, Grade 12, Beaumont School
• Kennon Walton, Grade 11, University School
• Emma Witt, Grade 12, Berkshire High School

Grades 6-10 competing for $400 awards , by grade

• Gabriella Censoprano, Hudson Middle School
• Elise Fletcher, St. Barnabas School
• Mallory Schenkenberger, Hudson Middle School
• Kamryn von Kunsay, Learwood Middle School
• Arianna Preston, Beachwood Middle School
• Veronica Schwartz, Beachwood Middle School
• Gigi Konrad, Rocky River Middle School
• Gianna Miller, Rocky River Middle School
• Aparna Srikanth, Solon Middle School
• Jenny Fu, Mayfield High School
• Ilana Miller, Mayfield High School
• Mykenna Roy, Mayfield High School
• Andrew Oscarson, Hudson High School
• Nathan Trost, Hudson High School
• Abigail Wilkov, Solon High School

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Scholarship winners will be announced March 14 at a live awards ceremony.

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Maltz Museum’s 2021 ‘Stop the Hate’ Contest Finalists Announced

The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage announced the 2021 cohort of Northeast Ohio students and schools competing as finalists in the 13 th  Annual  Stop the Hate ®   Youth Speak Out & Youth Sing Out Contest , in which middle and high school upstanders use individual essays and classroom songs to stand up and speak out against bias and bigotry. The contest annually awards $100,000 in scholarships and prizes. Winners will be announced in mid-May via the museum ’s website ( maltzmuseum.org ).

The  Stop the Hate  contest is comprised of two components:  Youth Speak Out  Essay Writing for individual students and  Youth Sing Out  Songwriting for school classrooms. Both celebrate Northeast Ohio upstanders in grades 6 – 12 who are committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society by standing up and speaking out against bias and bigotry. Since the contest began 13 years ago, the Maltz Museum has awarded $1.3 million to students and schools in 12 counties across Northeast Ohio, with an estimated reach of nearly 40,000 young people.

Announcement of Stop the Hate winners will occur in mid-May on the Maltz Museum ’s website, where visitors can also read the emotional and inspiring essays as well as listen to the empowering songs penned by Northeast Ohio students.

Also, to recognize educators who are Stop the Hate advocates and allies for their students and in the classroom, the Maltz Museum has introduced a new award this year. Two educators will be named “ Stop the Hate Educator of the Year” and receive $1,000 cash prize.

This year, 1,500 individual student entered essays into the Youth Speak Out contest. Through a rigorous judging process that includes over 400 volunteer readers in Ohio and beyond, 20 finalists have been named. Finalists are divided into two categories: 6 th – 10 th grade and 11 th & 12 th grade. The 11 th and 12 th graders are competing for the grand prize of a $20,000 college scholarship. Also noteworthy, the grand prize winner’s high school receives a $5,000 anti-bias education grant to support future anti-bias programming. To see a complete list of scholarships and prizes, visit the Stop the Hate website.

• Lillie Alsheikhtaha, Grade 12, Brush High School
• Madaleine Carter, Grade 11, Beaumont High School
• Jessica Chang, Grade 12, Hathaway Brown
• Lauren Clar, Grade 12, Beachwood High School
• Lillian Irizarry, Grade 11, Beaumont High School
• AJ Shorts, Grade 12, Brush High School
• Kynnedy Smith, Grade 12, Hawken High School
• Thomas Smyers, Grade 12, Shaker Heights High School
• Khadija Top, Grade 12, Beaumont High School
• Bowen Zhang, Grade 11, Beachwood High School

TOP 10 SIXTH THROUGH 10 TH GRADERS, COMPETING FOR A $500 CASH PRIZES BY GRADE

• Calayla Holmes, Homeschooled
• Hayden Lipinski, Hudson Middle School
• Anthony Fritzgerald Jr., Saint Paschal Baylon School
• Anshul Sharma , Ballard Brady Middle School
• Shreya Chellu, Beachwood Middle School
• Sharbel Harb, Brecksville-Broadview Heights Middle School
• Margaret Anne Hustak, Holy Name High School
• Rafaela Nurieva, Mayfield High School
• Annel Hodges, Cleveland Central Catholic High School
• Elizabeth Huang, Shaker Heights High School                                                               

Greer Gibbons, Project Manager, The Lubrizol Corporation ; Phyllis Seven Harris, Executive Director, The LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland ; Eduardo Kim, Partner, Thompson Hine ; Gregg Levine, Consultant, Ratliff & Taylor ; Monyka Price, Chief of Education, City of Cleveland ; and, Cecilia H. Render, Executive Director, Nordson Corporation Foundation.

This year, 700+ students from 35 classrooms penned original songs to be entered into the Youth Sing Out contest. A panel of musical experts judged the song lyrics to determine the following finalists, in the middle and high school categories. Songs can be heard by visiting the Maltz Museum ’s website.  

•   Stand Up and Talk About It , Written by Andrea Soncina’s Grade 7 Class, Harding Middle School, Performed by Ray Flanagan
• Stand Up, Work Together , Cheer Up, Written by Andrea Soncina’s Grade 8 Class, Garfield Middle School, Performed by Sam Hooper
• The Flames of Hate , Written by Andrea Soncina’s Grade 7 Class, Garfield Middle School, Performed by Sam Hooper
• What Kind of Future?, Written by Tamara Blair’s Grade 8 Class, Newton D. Baker School of Arts, Performed by Ray Flanagan
• When You See Us , Written by Renee Ritter’s Grade 7 Class, Luis Munoz Marin School, Performed by Kyle Kidd

HIGH SCHOOL FINALISTS

• Daybreak, Written by Kari Beery’s 8th Period Class, Mayfield High School, Performed by Bethany Svoboda
• Down the Line, Written by Dr. Donna Feldman’s 3rd Period Class, Cleveland Heights High School, Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
• Fight On and See , Laverne McLain’s 2nd Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School, Performed by Kyle Kidd
• Love Wins, Written by Lawton & Lundgard’s 6th Period Class, Midview High School, Performed by Brent Kirby
• Our Pain, Laverne McLain’s 4th Period Class, Max S. Hayes High School, Performed by Charlie Mosbrook
• Peace Amor, Written by Keri Waring’s Class, International Newcomers Academy, Performed by Charlie Mosbrook

This year’s panel of Youth Sing Out judges were as follows: Taylor Barnes, Director of Resource Development, YWCA of Greater Cleveland ; Joe Butler, Manager of Education, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ; Edward P. Gallagher, MT-BC – Director of Education, The Beck Center for the Arts ; Jeff Niesel, Music Editor, Cleveland Scene ; Christelle Saint – Fleur, Community Outreach Manager, Center for Arts-Inspired Learning.

The Maltz Museum  partners with Lake Erie Ink, Roots of American Music, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to help create digital learning tools and delivering Stop the Hate writing workshops into Northeast Ohio classrooms.

Together with its partners, the Maltz Museum delivered anti-bias education to the classrooms of 3,000 young people through Stop the Hate workshops and received upstander essays from 1,500 sixth through  12 th grade students. An estimated 4,000 students participated in the Stop the Hate digital tour and 300 educators and mentors downloaded the Stop the Hate learning guide. In total, the Stop the Hate program exceeded expectations with an estimated 8,800 student and educator touch points in 2021.

More information about these resources, can be found online at www.maltzmuseum.org/learn

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MALTZ MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2023 STOP THE HATE CONTEST WINNERS

(CLEVELAND, OH) – The Maltz Museum is proud to announce the 2023 winners of the  15th Annual Stop the Hate ®  Youth Speak Out & Youth Sing Out Contest . The contest annually awards $100,000 in scholarships and prizes to middle and high school upstanders speaking out against bias and bigotry through essay writing and songwriting. Winners were announced during an online awards ceremony on April 19 at 7:00pm with over 1,200 registrants.

The  Stop the Hate  contest has two components:  Youth Speak Out , essay writing for individual students, and  Youth Sing Out , songwriting for classrooms. Both celebrate Northeast Ohio upstanders in grades six through twelve who are committed to creating a more accepting, inclusive society.

Since the contest began 15 years ago, the Maltz Museum has awarded $1.5 million to students, teachers, and schools across twelve Northeast Ohio counties, with an estimated reach of 50,000 young people.

Visit the Maltz Museum’s website to read the emotional and inspiring essays as well as listen to the empowering songs penned by Northeast Ohio students:  www.maltzmuseum.org/sth23

Gianna Miller, a 12 th  grader at Rocky River High School, was named grand prize winner of the essay contest. In her essay, she wrote about the importance of destigmatizing addiction, saying:

Although I grew up in a neighborhood where my situation was unique, as I get older I realize that there are many other children who grow up having to suffer the consequences of their parents’ addiction… In situations like this, it is important to shine a light on the reality of the circumstances for everyone involved, in order for addiction to become destigmatized.

Read Gianna’s full essay, along with those of the other remarkable top ten finalists, here:  www.maltzmuseum.org/sth 23

2023  Youth Speak Out  11th-12th Grade Winners

Youth Speak Out  Grand Prize Winner

Gianna Miller, Grade 12, Rocky River High School ($20,000 scholarship; $5000 to school)

Youth Speak Out  First Runner-up

Misa Huls, Grade 12, Avon Lake High School ($10,000 scholarship; $2000 to school)

Youth Speak Out  Second Runner-up

Naomi Glass, Grade 12, Green High School

($5,000 scholarship; $2000 to school)

Youth Speak Out  Honorable Mentions ($500 cash prize)

Diya Chaterpal, Grade 11, Rhodes College and Career Academy Carmen Cicerini, Grade 12, Hawken School Avelyn Cleary, Grade 11, Lakewood High School Simone Davis, Grade 11, Solon High School Gabryella Glenn, Grade 11, Rhodes College and Career Academy Myla Miller, Grade 12, Berea-Midpark High School Aditi Sanghavi, Grade 12, Aurora High School

2023 Youth Speak Out 6–10th Grade Winners (1st place receives $400 cash prize; 2 nd  place receives $100 cash prize)

10th grade First Place:  Ezra Ellenbogen, Shaker Heights High School Second Place:  Kyle Carroll, Hudson High School

9th grade First Place:  Isabella Swol, Hawken School

Second Place:  Katie Smith, Firelands High School

8th grade First Place:  Annaya Jain, Beachwood Middle School Second Place:  Ritika Iyer, Beachwood Middle School

7th grade First Place:  Olivia Piazza, Learwood Middle Second Place:  Tia Tian, Hathaway Brown 

6th grade First Place:  Grace Claassen, Hudson Middle Second Place:  Stella Sipos, Hudson Middle

2023  Youth Sing Out  Winners (1 st  place schools receive a $3,500 Anti-Bias Education Grant, Runner-up schools receive a $2,000 Anti-Bias Education Grant)

High Schools First Place:  “Where Does the Fault Lie?” Mayfield High School

Written by Kari Beery’s 6th Period Class with Teaching Artist Taylor Lamborn

Runner-Up:  “Life is Full of Color” Midview High School

Written by William Lawton’s 1st Period Class with Teaching Artist Ray Flanagan

Middle Schools

First Place:  “Harmony” Milkovich Middle School

Written by Mary Matisak’s 5th Period, 3rd Quarter Class with Teaching Artist Esther Fitz

Runner-Up:  “Respect is a Two-Way Street” Newton D. Baker School of Arts

Tamara Blair’s 7th Grade, 1st Period Class with Teaching Artist Bethany Svoboda

Winning songs may be heard at  www.maltzmuseum.org/sth23

2022/2023  Stop the Hate  Schools of the Year

Together with its partners, Lake Erie Ink, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Roots of American Music, the Maltz Museum offered free songwriting and essay writing workshops to schools and educators. These anti-bias learning tools taught history, literacy, and the arts for middle school, high school, and homeschool groups. Every school that participated in a workshop was eligible to receive anti-bias education grant money from a pool of $30,000 that is split evenly.

Congratulations to Broadway Academy at Mount Pleasant ACCEL School, Charles F. Brush High School, Cleveland Metropolitan Remote High School, Collinwood High School, Design Lab Early College High School, East Technical High School, Facing History New Tech High School, Garfield Heights High School, Garfield Middle School, GlenOak High School, Harding Middle School, Hathaway Brown, Hudson Middle School, Kimpton Middle School, Langston Middle School, Maple Heights High School, Mary McLeod Bethune School, Massillon Junior High School, Max S. Hayes High School, Mayfield High School, Messiah Lutheran Elementary, Midview High School, Milkovich Middle School, Monticello Middle School, Mound STEM School, Newton D. Baker School of Arts, Orange High School, Positive Education Program Hopewell, Rhodes School of Environmental Studies, Shaw High School, St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, and Twinsburg High School.

2022/2023  Stop the Hate  Teachers of the Year

In addition, with its partners, the Maltz Museum named two  Stop the Hate  Teachers of the Year. Each received a $1,000 cash prize in recognition of their personal commitment to anti-bias education.

Congratulations to Anetra Howard of Milkovich Middle School and Laverne McLain of Max S. Hayes High School.

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Stop the Hate®  is made possible by the generous support of board and committee members, volunteer readers ad judges, sponsors and partners, and more. To see a complete list of the many people and organizations involved in making Stop the Hate possible, please visit the website at  www.maltzmuseum.org/sth23

The Maltz Museum is generously supported by:  Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Jewish Federation of Cleveland, and Ohio Arts Council

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Hundreds of pro-Hamas college demonstrators are about to learn a valuable life lesson: Sometimes there are consequences for your actions. A number and faculty members, upset that hundreds of college activists have been arrested and suspended, are demanding amnesty for students and colleagues.

They’re concerned that suspensions and legal charges might hinder the futures of students by following them into adulthood. We can only hope!  If you want to harass Jewish students, violate campus rules, ignore warnings, break the law, vandalize public property, deny other students the right to learn and act like a bunch of idiots, welcome to the repercussions. Maryam Alwan, a “comparative literature and society major” at Barnard who was arrested at a protest, suspended, kicked out of classes and banned from dining halls, says it all “feels very dystopian.”

Now, granted, I’m not sure what they teach in “society” classes, but it is unsurprising that so many of self-absorbed ignoramuses who wear keffiyehs, fly Hezbollah flags and prattle on about imaginary “genocides” struggle to comprehend the basics of a civil society.

Dystopia is a place where people intimidate peaceful neighbors, ignore the rights of others and dispense with decency in the name of ideology.

Dystopia is a Hamas-run Gaza. Here, you don’t get a pass for being passionate about the newest memetic socialist cause. Then again, most of these students probably need remedial civics classes. They seem to be under the impression that free speech means schools have a responsibility to host them and help disseminate anti-American messages. And, though the media has done it’s best to whitewash the ugliness of the protests, most of these demonstrations feature objectively antisemitic messages. Encampments are meant to intimidate fellow students and the administration.

Most of them are also closed off to pro-Israel counter-protesters. “Pro-Palestine” marches are as pro “free speech” as they are anti war. Which is to say, not at all.

They want free speech only for themselves, and ceasefires only for Jews. Hamas is welcome to any brutality it likes.

If you still want to participate in these vile demonstrations, take responsibility for your actions.

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Many notable Americans have engaged in civil disobedience in the past — the Founding Fathers and Martin Luther King Jr. among them.

Every one of them accepted that there could be serious consequences. That’s what made their sacrifices matter.

Today’s demonstrators act like spoiled children who can’t even deal with the mildest blowback.

Of course, the other difference between those heroes and Hamas cosplayers at the “Gaza Solidarity Encampments” is that the former were on the side of freedom and dignity, while the latter are apologists for terror organizations that sexually torture, murders, and kidnaps innocent people.

Indeed, it’s not just the lawbreaking that’s the problem. It’s the message. Everyone, even privileged students who support terrorist revolutionaries, have a right to peacefully protest in the United States.

And Jewish Americans – all decent Americans, actually – should remember the chants of “river to the sea” and exercise their own right to free association by shunning these Jew-haters in public and professional life.

Because, if anything, colleges and cops have been far too lenient with students who have ignored warnings to disperse and made it impossible for universities to function.

Without consequences, these radicals and their fellow travelers will return with a renewed vengeance. 

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