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Antisemitism in Baraboo

In 2018, high schoolers in Baraboo were photographed making a “Nazi Salute.” Read about how this event affected Jewish people in Baraboo and across the state, and what the students learned from a local rabbi. 

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Read more about the incident in Baraboo here: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/us/baraboo-wisconsin-nazi-salute-photo.html

And here: https://www.wpr.org/education/baraboo-school-district-investigates-photo-boys-giving-nazi-salute

Read more about the community’s work to come together in the aftermath here: https://wisconsinexaminer.com/2020/01/06/not-just-a-picture/

Read more about teshuva from Rabbi Zimmerman here: https://captimes.com/opinion/column/laurie-zimmerman-nazi-salute-photo-is-a-chance-to-learn/article_9296398f-ead3-5c79-9a02-0dbc8950aa71.html

Read more from Marcy and her experience in Baraboo here: https://www.lovewi.com/marcy/

The fight against antisemitism isn’t limited to this incident. Read about the work that people like Nancy Kennedy Barnett  are doing around the state: https://www.lovewi.com/nancy/


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Stand Up to Hate draws on real stories from across Wisconsin to educate Wisconsites about hate and hate crimes in our state. Wisconsin Humanities believes that stories and history have the power to to help people better understand their own communities and imagine possibilities for progress and change.

This project was spearheaded by Community Powered with UW-Extension’s division of Positive Youth Development and We Are Many-United Against Hate. It was sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities’ United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative.

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