A window at the USC Hillel was discovered shattered when employees arrived for work, and the incident happened on the same day on which the school’s president Carol Folt accepted recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Jewish life on ways to combat anti-Semitism on campus.
On Tuesday, University of South Carolina President wrote: “The committee’s recommendations give us tangible direction across nearly every aspect of Jewish life at USC, including experiences of anti-Semitism, university processes and policies, the Jewish experience on campus, and education and training.”
Source: Jewish Journal (USC / Wikimedia Commons)
The next phase is implementation,” she said. “While many of these recommendations are already underway, we will work to implement them as quickly as we can.”
The recommendations include responding quickly and publicly to anti-Semitic incidents; reiterating the university’s opposition to the BDS movement; showcasing the work that is already being done by Jewish organizations and individuals on campus; and “explore the possibility” of creating a full-time director of Jewish life, “similar to positions at other peer universities.”
On the same day, Dave Cohn, the executive director of USC Hillel spoke about the broken window, and in a statement, “At this time, we do not yet know the motives or identities of any involved, and we are not prepared to characterize the incident. We do not know whether the damage was accidental, a random act of criminal vandalism or if it specifically targeted our facility,” he wrote. “
That said, within a half hour of opening our building this morning, we were working closely onsite with the USC Department of Public Safety to begin an investigation.”
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