Jesus Cares Christmas program

The participants of Jesus Cares Bible study of Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church invite you to join them for their annual Christmas Program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec.16, at the church, 208 W. Marshall St. in Marshall. The church is fully accessible.

It is the desire of the members of Christ Ev. Lutheran to share God’s plan of salvation through his son with all members of the community at a comfortable level of understanding.

If you would like more information, contact Melanie Werner at mel.werner21@gmail.com or 507-828-3798.

Mount Holyoke College finds antisemitic graffiti in bathroom

SOUTH HADLEY, Mass. (AP) — A swastika and a racial slur targeting Jews were found in a bathroom at Mount Holyoke College earlier this week, the third antisemitic incident reported at the prestigious women’s school this fall, the Anti-Defamation League in New England said Thursday.

The graffiti, written in black marker on tile, was reported to ADL-New England on Tuesday by a parent of a student at the school, the organization’s deputy regional director, Peggy Shukur, told The Associated Press.

It was not clear if the graffiti was in a dorm bathroom or a bathroom in another building on the South Hadley campus, she said.

An email and voicemail seeking comment were left with a Mount Holyoke spokesperson.

The ADL in October received two reports of swastikas and slurs written in dorm bathrooms at the school, Shukur said. In at least one case, they were written on a mirror.

“The college’s leadership team and I understand the harm and fear this symbol has provoked on our campus,” the school’s president, Sonya Stephens, said in a letter to the community after an October incident, according to an online story in the Mount Holyoke News student newspaper.