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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Sep 28, 2023, 02:43 PM Sep 2023

(Jewish Group) Rice University LGBTQ group cuts ties with campus Hillel over support for Israel

An LGBTQ student group at Rice University has cut ties with the school’s Hillel, in the latest instance of backlash from a progressive group against the Jewish campus organization’s support for Israel.

The LGBTQ group, Rice Pride, announced the split last week in a statement on Instagram that said Hillel’s international umbrella group was “not reflective of the values of inclusion upheld by Rice Pride.”

“Rice Pride’s ultimate goal is to provide a safe space for queer students of all backgrounds, and to recognize the intersectionalities between queer identity and race, ethnicity, and religion,” the statement said. The group did not respond to a request for comment and, on Wednesday, made its Instagram account private after drawing criticism from pro-Israel groups.

According to Rice Pride’s statement, Houston Hillel had provided funding for the group’s Queer Resource Center. The two campus groups have co-hosted 12 events since 2016. A Rice Pride leader told the campus newspaper, the Rice Thresher, that no student had said the local Hillel “has made them uncomfortable in any way.”

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Making bigotry acceptable, and even more disgusting given that group's members are under attack throughout the state of Texas.

So, are you now or have you ever been a Zionist? They are doing nothing more than trying to weed out the "bad Jews" .

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This is stupid on so many levels. A group advocating for inclusion is openly practicing exclusion. Beastly Boy Sep 2023 #1
It is a way that members of the left can engage in anti-Semitism. Behind the Aegis Sep 2023 #2

Beastly Boy

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1. This is stupid on so many levels. A group advocating for inclusion is openly practicing exclusion.
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 04:05 PM
Sep 2023

Makes me wonder how Rice Pride defines "values of inclusion".

What's next? Cutting ties with Israel's thriving LGBT community because... Israel?

Behind the Aegis

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2. It is a way that members of the left can engage in anti-Semitism.
Thu Sep 28, 2023, 04:57 PM
Sep 2023

Because it is "low grade", many on the left ignore it, at best. What is really galling is that this decision wasn't based on the actions of Hillel of Rice!

What's next? Cutting ties with Israel's thriving LGBT community because... Israel?


Several "progressive" groups have done just that over the past several years, claiming "support" for Arabs/Muslims/Palestinians, but ignoring other groups with similar troubling records, not just on Arabs/Muslims/Palestinians issues, but actually LGBT issues! Several "progressive" spaces are now, no longer safe/comfortable/accepting for Jews unless we pass the smell test (du jour).
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