The Israel-Palestine Conflict and Combating Related Discrimination on Campus

In light of increasing acts of race-based hatred and violence locally and worldwide, 澳门葡京博彩软件 has compiled this page to make explicit the college’s antidiscriminatory policies related to race, 宗教, 国家的起源, and shared ancestry as applied to antisemitism and 伊斯兰恐惧症.

校园销售点

Smith provides many outlets for community members to learn about antisemitism and 伊斯兰恐惧症 and address related 歧视.

学习

学生 can take advantage of Smith courses that help further understanding of the context in which the current conflict in Israel and Palestine is occurring, offered by departments that include anthropology, 政府, 历史, 犹太研究, 中东研究, 哲学, 心理学, 宗教, 社会学, 世界文学, 和其他人.

Other programming is also being developed to help us learn, 让我们走到一起, and provide opportunities to express ourselves in new ways. To see a current list of what’s happening, check out 培养关系.

报告

What to do if you learn about or experience an act of antisemitism or anti-Muslim or anti-Arab racism: 

  • If you have concerns regarding physical safety, call Campus Safety at 413-585-5555.
  • 报告 acts of antisemitism or 伊斯兰恐惧症 to Campus Safety at 413-585-5555 or the Northampton Police Department at 413-587-1100. 
  • 报告 violations of college policies by contacting the Office for Civil Rights Compliance and 第九条.
  • 报告 acts of 歧视 through Ethicspoint.

找到支持

宗教中心 & 精神生活:

玛蒂尔达坎特维尔宗教事务总监 & Spiritual Life and College Chaplain
Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer, Interim Jewish Student Adviser
金正日阿尔斯通, Muslim Student Adviser and Program and Communications Manager

学生 can reach out to 咨询服务.

Employees can reach out to the Employee Assistance Program (EAP).

A weekly supportive space is provided on Wednesdays from 12–1:30 p.m. in Helen Hills Hills Chapel Bodman Lounge for Jewish students to explore Israel/Palestine and react to the current climate, facilitated by Interim Jewish Student Advisor Rabbi Bruce Bromberg Seltzer (please be in touch to join this group).

每个星期五，秋季2024
朱玛，下午12:30.m.、校外
The CRSL invites students to join us for Jummah at the Hampshire Mosque in Hadley. The group will meet in front of the Helen Hills Hills Chapel at 12:25 pm. The van will leave campus by 12:30 pm and return to campus no later than 2:30 pm. Remember to bring a prayer rug and complete your ablution beforehand. There are extra prayer rugs in the Blue Room, if you need one! Sponsored by the 宗教中心 and Spiritual Life. 回复请发邮件 crsl@gestiflota.com.

安息日，下午5:30.m., Kosher Kitchen, Jordan House
Celebrate Shabbat with 澳门葡京博彩软件’s Jewish 社区 every Friday evening. 请电子邮件 scjc@gestiflota.com 了解更多信息. 欢迎所有学生参加.

Our Principles and Addressing Conflict

Over the course of the fall 2023 semester, President Sarah Willie-LeBreton has written multiple letters affirming five key principles of the college with respect to 防止, 停止, and redressing antisemitism, 伊斯兰恐惧症, and other forms of 歧视 on campus:

Some acts of antisemitism and 伊斯兰恐惧症 are also crimes or violations of civil laws. 澳门葡京博彩软件 strictly prohibits all forms of antisemitism and 伊斯兰恐惧症. 

Antisemitism includes acts of violence, 歧视, 骚扰, and hatred against a person or persons who are, or who are perceived to be, of the Jewish faith or ethnically Jewish.
伊斯兰恐惧症 and anti-Arab bias include acts of violence, 歧视, 骚扰, and hatred of Muslims and Arabs and those perceived to be Muslims or Arabs.