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NEWSBRIEFS Gettysburg College Trustee Resigns
Over Nazi Costume Photo in Yearbook
GETTYSBURG COLLEGE BOARD of Trustees member
Bob Garthwait resigned Feb. 19 after a history student
found a 1980 yearbook photo of him wearing a Nazi cos-
tume in the college’s archives, pennlive.com reported.

Garthwait, who graduated from the college in
1982, wore the costume to an Alpha Chi Rho frater-
nity party. Attendees were asked to dress as Hogan’s
Heroes TV show characters. His costume included a
red swastika armband.

Garthwait apologized in a written statement.

“I understand how disturbing this image is to
members of the Gettysburg College community, and
especially those who are Jewish. As a sophomore
in 1980, I was not fully aware of the significance of
those symbols,” he said. “While this is no excuse, I am
deeply embarrassed and regret participating in this
event where Nazi symbols were used.”
Garthwait has contributed financially to the col-
lege for many years and the Garthwait Leadership
Center was named in his honor.

protesting rising anti-Semitism there, about 100 grave-
stones were found desecrated in a Jewish cemetery,
JTA reported.

The stones in a cemetery in the eastern French
village of Quatzenheim were desecrated with blue
spray-painted swastikas.

French President Emmanuel Macron — who vis-
ited the cemetery — said the government would take
action. Later on Feb. 19, he held a moment of silence
at the Holocaust memorial in Paris.

Meantime, there were about 70 protest marches
in France. Protestors held signs that read “That’s
Enough.” Former French presidents Francois
Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy joined the march, as
did much of Prime Minister Edouard Philippe’s cabi-
net and most major political party leaders.

moving in with her boyfriend. She worked at the
school for four years.

After de Groen and her boyfriend were guests at
a barbecue with school trustees and student parents,
she said the school told her in a “threatening” tone
that it was time to marry.

De Groen did marry the boyfriend later that year.

The judge in the appeal ruled that while an
employer can’t “act to the detriment of a worker based
on their religious belief, it was permitted to do so
based on its own beliefs,” The Independent reported.

Jewish Esports Platform Launched at
BBYO International Convention
Lost Tribe Esports, an initiative to connect Jewish
teens worldwide via competitive video gaming, was
launched at the BBYO International Convention held
in Denver Feb. 14-19.

Orthodox British Nursery Wins Appeal of
The platform is the first initiative from 4G44
Case Against Fired Teacher
The Orthodox Gan Menachem Nursery in Hendon, Esports, Inc., a nonprofit created by former Olympic
England, won an appeals court ruling against a swimmer medalist Lenny Krayzelburg and Lenny
former teacher it fired because she lived with a Silberman, who has long been active in the Jewish
boyfriend, JTA reported.

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Zelda de Groen had sued the school, saying
French Anti-Semitism Marches Coincide
she had been victimized with discrimination and
with Cemetery Desecration
www.jewishexponent.com On the same day marches occurred in France harassment. She lost her job in July 2016, shortly after
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