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Nov
6
Okay. I just confessed that maybe newspaper journalists just simply hate bloggers, but now I received notice of this incident at George Washington University:
George Washington University officials said a Jewish student who complained about swastikas showing up on her door put them there herself.
The student lives in Mitchell Hall, where half a dozen swastikas had shown up on her dorm room door in the past several weeks.University police set up a hidden camera. They said the girl admitted responsibility Monday.
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According to reporters at the newspaper, the student said, “I wasn’t looking to create this sort of insanity. I wasn’t looking to become a media darling. I was just looking for acknowledgment from the university that someone drew a swastika on the door.”
I guess the major difference between this case and Tawana Brawley is that Brawley apparently maintains that she did not make up the story.
Sometimes the world can really make you question everything you thought you knew.
By Jill Miller Zimon at 4:15 pm November 6th, 2007 in Jewish, Media, Mental health
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Shalom Jill,
When I moved into my apartment in 1999 I noticed the tell-tale shadow of a mezuzah on the door jamb.
What I missed, until some time later, was that someone had scratched a swastika on the door itself and then obliterated the symbol by scratching over it to make a square divided into four quarters.
I mentioned this to my super at the time and he offered to replace the door. I thought about it and then declined. I wanted to have that daily reminder that in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, the veneer of civilization remains thin.
B’shalom,
Jeff
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good comparison….
…thankfully Mr. Sharpton wasnt around this time.