Maybe it is more like 1933.
From AP, April 19, 1933:
The percentage of Jews admitted to elite universities in the US has dropped by half since the beginning of the 21st century. It isn't quite down to their relative population in the US, but DEI policies aim to do exactly that - to have colleges reflect the demographics of the US population.
And this is what the Nazis wanted in their own universities.
The anti-Israel protesters are demanding that universities divest from any "Zionist" donors as well as from investing in Israeli companies, again startlingly similar to what the Nazis intended to stop "excessive foreign control" of their academia.
Here's a story from The Guardian, November 30, 1938 about Warsaw University - before Germany invaded Poland:
Compare with how the "encampments" treat "Zionists" who dare to try to enter a public area:
The irony of Columbia students telling Jews to "go back to Poland" could not be starker.
Who will benefit from the exclusion of Jews from elite Ivy League universities? The ones that welcome Jews. (The Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle, May 19, 1933:)
Which sounds a lot like what Brandeis University announced this week:
Brandeis University, the historically Jewish school outside Boston, has extended its transfer application deadline in a bid to appeal to students who are unhappy with their own schools’ responses to campus anti-Israel protests.“As a university founded in 1948 by the American Jewish community to counter antisemitism and quotas on Jewish enrollment in higher education, Brandeis has been committed to protecting the safety of all its students, and, in the current atmosphere, we are proud of the supports we have in place to allow Jewish students to thrive,” Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz wrote in an email to the community.
Israeli universities said much the same.
The United States is of course not Nazi Germany. But there is enough rhyming going on here to frighten anyone who cares about the future of America.
