Word: sukkot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...refer to the vandalism of the Hillel sukkah (a temporary structure built and used by Jews in observance of the holiday Sukkot) on the corner of Holyoke and Winthrop Sts. Of course, not every act damaging a Jewish structure can or should be viewed as anti-Semitism. In the past, for example, Hillel's sukkah was damaged when students who did not know the structure's significance allegedly did chin-ups on the supporting bars, causing it to partially collapse. Appropriately, their ignorance was not misconstrued as enmity...
Imagine opening The Crimson opinion page to find a cartoon depicting 4000 rioting Palestinians throwing boulders down onto the heads of Jews worshipping during the Sukkot holiday at the Western Wall in Jerusalem. Now imagine the caption reading,"Dome of the ROCK indeed...". Such a cartoon would be an insult to Islam and to the Muslim holy site in Jerusalem. I would hope that it never be printed...