(The Center Square) – Ahead of the three-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack against Israel, Texas college campuses are addressing antisemitism.
College students statewide “are engaging in meaningful conversations about the history and rise of modern antisemitism” through educational programming developed and supported by the Texas Holocaust, Genocide, and Antisemitism Advisory Commission (THGAAC), according to the Texas Historical Commission.
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