Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus

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Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus
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Directed byShoshana Palatnik
Written byYitz Brilliant
Produced by Raphael Shore
Edited byYitz Brilliant
Release date
  • February 25, 2015 (2015-02-25) [1]
Running time
29 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus is a 2015 film which documents how a growing number of anti-Israel demonstrations on U.S. campuses also include antisemitic messaging. The filmmakers interviewed pro-Israel college students, both Jewish and non-Jewish, who say that they feel increasingly intimidated to express their support for Israel on campus.

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Synopsis

Crossing the Line 2: The New Face of Anti-Semitism on Campus is a documentary film that was released in New York on February 25, 2015 as a sequel to Jerusalem U’s 2010 feature film Crossing the Line: The Intifada Comes to Campus. [2] Like the original film, Crossing the Line 2 aims to uncover the anti-Israel and antisemitic activity on North American college campuses and educate the viewer to be able to identify when valid criticism of Israel “crosses the line” into antisemitic rhetoric. Crossing the Line 2 covers more recent examples of this activism up to the year 2014. One such event, whose footage is shown in the film, is an anti-Israel demonstration at Cornell University where a demonstrator spits on a pro-Israel student and screams “fuck you Zionist scum.” [3]

The documentary also examines the experiences of Jewish college students who openly support the State of Israel and fight against campaigns on their campuses that oppose or critique the Israeli government and its occupation of the Palestinian territories, such as the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign and Israel Apartheid Week. These students consistently describe the hostility they face on their campuses, such as fake eviction notices at New York University, and Israel Apartheid Week held on campuses across North America. The film highlights two students from Ohio University who were arrested in 2014 for publicly criticizing the student senate president for participating in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge by pouring fake blood on herself and calling on Ohio University to divest from Israel.

Criticism

Sarah Turbow, Director of J Street wrote that the film was missing students who believe that even among BDS supporters and strong critics of Israel, not all are antisemitic. [16]

Reception

Coverage of the film was reported in Jewish Voice, [17] The San Diego Jewish World, [18] and The Washington Times. [19]

See also

References

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