Rock Chalk Virtual Talk Turns Antisemitic?!?

The discourse affiliated with local universities has often become hostile amid recent war in the Holy Land.

This report doesn't get into specifics but reminds us that consequences of faraway conflict can quickly emerge on the home-front in a world connected by the Internets.

Here's the word . . .

“It’s incredibly difficult and a very difficult topic in particular, but we have to allow for everyone to share their feelings in a way that is constructive, productive, and mature, and one that does not allow for the potential of sliding and slipping into overt hatred and antisemitism,” said Dr. Andrew Schlachter, a Kansas City-area physician and KU Medical Center alum.

Schlachter said his Jewish colleagues found an online event and immediately started asking questions

The virtual discussion agenda, highlighting the Palestinian perspective, included discussions of Judaism and Zionism but didn’t have a Jewish panelist.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Jewish community concerned about KU Med Muslim Student Association's virtual discussion

A student group at the University of Kansas Medical Center hosted a discussion Tuesday afternoon that gained attention from members of the Kansas City Jewish Community.