How a Group of Mothers Is Taking on Anti-Semitism at America’s Universities

A rapidly expanding Facebook group of mothers is leading a pressure campaign against Harvard, UPenn, and other U.S. colleges.

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A Facebook group of predominantly Jewish mothers saw one of its projects bear fruit when University of Pennsylvania President Liz Magill resigned on Dec. 9, four days after her controversial congressional testimony.

Elizabeth Rand, founder of new group Mothers Against College Antisemitism (MACA), said the thing that really got her back up on the subject was a photo from a pro-Palestinian demonstration at George Washington University that showed an Israeli flag in a garbage can.