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National
Divya Kumar

Fla. fraternity blamed in swastika incident gets invited to Holocaust museum

Rabbi Pinny Backman said he felt saddened to hear reports of antisemitic activities last weekend involving a University of South Florida fraternity. But the leader of USF’s Chabad Jewish student center also felt called to action.

Backman said he didn’t wish to punish people, but rather to educate them. He had an idea.

He put the president of Pi Kappa Phi in touch with the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg. They invited the fraternity to tour the museum and speak with a Holocaust survivor.

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