Posted: 9/18/2019 12:43:00 PM
Author: Cnaan Lipshiz
Source: This article appeared oon the arutz 7 website on September 18, 2019.
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University uses hook nose gesture for ‘Jew’ in sign language
Belgian university draws criticism for using hooked nose gesture as sign for 'Jew'.
by Cnaan Liphshiz
A gesture signaling a hooked nose is how one Belgian university described “Jew” in its online sign-language dictionary.
The University of Ghent compiled the dictionary and features the gesture in videos on the website.
The European Jewish Association protested in a statement Monday. Its director, Menachem Margolin, said the first two videos depicting a Jew “seem standard.” Both show a presenter stroking an imaginary beard.
“The second involving side-locks are borderline acceptable if misleading,” he said, “and the last two are simply racist and demeaning to Jews, using a gesticulation of a large and hooked nose to define Jew.”
Margolin has asked campus authorities to remove the two gestures from the dictionary.
