It's disheartening to see that a fraternity was tarnished with anti-Semitic hate and the negative impact it will have not only upon its Jewish members, but the entire University of Florida campus. The use of the Nazi symbol, the swastika, evokes chilling memories of the Holocaust and of what can happen when hate and anti-Semitism are unchecked. The swastika remains one of the most powerful and enduring emblems of religious and ethnic hatred.

College campuses should be places for free discussion, open forums and wide acceptance, but unfortunately, college campuses are not immune from anti-Semitism. In 2007, ADL's Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents in Florida reported that 10 percent of all incidents occurred on college campuses throughout Florida.  These incidents, directed at both students and teachers, manifested themselves through hateful graffiti, name-calling, slurs, mockery, bullying and threats.