The Simon Wiesenthal Center, along with Alpha Epsilon Pi International Fraternity leaders representingover 100,000 Jewish students and 185 campus chapters,joined together at the Museum of Tolerance New York tolaunch the SWC's newest app,CombatHateU.
is the Simon Wiesenthal Center's new cutting-edge app designed to empower Jewish students to instantaneouslyreport and confront anti-Semitism, and extreme anti-Israel harassment, and intimidation tactics on college and university campuses.
Photo: Swastikas spray-painted on the front of Alpha Epsilon Pi's fraternityhouse at Emory University inAtlanta, just daysago.
The app will also share best practices and successes in defeating campus-based anti-Israel agendas andalert Jewish students of relevant breaking news impacting campuses. "Anti-Semitic rhetoric on campuses has to stop. [We are] thrilled to be partners with the SWC, who recognizedthe power of the interent 20 years ago...and now 20,000members have a place to report anti-Semitic hate speech which has no place on campus,"said Andy Borans, Executive Director AEPi who, along with Larry Leider, International President, (both picturedcenter) joined with SWC officials and AEPi members at the launch of CombatHateUat the MOTNY.
CombatHateUis the thirdin a series of special anti-hate apps developed by the Wiesenthal Center'sDigital Terrorismand Hate Project that has been a trailblazer in exposing, monitoring and combating the abuse of online technologies by extremists at home and abroad. TheCenter's annual Digital Terrorism and Hate reports have been highlighted by US Congress and is an invaluable resource for law enforcement, intelligence, andcommunity activists globally.
20,000members have a place to report anti-Semitic hate speech which has no place on campus,"
