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2024-05-08
Leaders from three of the country’s largest public school districts
Leaders from three of the country’s largest public school districts testified Wednesday morning on Capitol Hill in a contentious hearing on antisemitism, before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Hearings held by the committee have sparked transformations in the national campus landscape in the past. A December hearing, in which th...
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2024-05-08
vandalized American memorials to veterans of the First World War
vandalized American memorials to veterans of the First World War and a Union Civil War general and burned an American flag during the New York City Day of Rage protest that coincided with Holocaust Remembrance Day on Monday. The One Hundred Seventh Infantry Memorial in Central Park, dedicated to US infantry who fell in battle during the war, was d...
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2024-05-07
US President Joe Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencement
US President Joe Biden welcomes peaceful protests at college commencement ceremonies where he and other administration officials will speak, the White House said on Tuesday as pro-Palestinian protests spread around the country. Columbia University on Monday canceled its main graduation ceremony after weeks of unrest roiled the Ivy League college's ...
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2024-05-07
Last Tuesday, before sundown on the last day of Passover,
Last Tuesday, before sundown on the last day of Passover, a peculiar seder was held -- a "Freedom for All" seder, hosted by If Not Now (INN), and The New Synagogue Project, with guests such as representatives Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib. The April 30 service was one of many radical left-wing anti-Zionist Passover seders held throughout the holida...
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2024-05-06
A group of 13 conservative US federal judges said on
A group of 13 conservative US federal judges said on Monday that they would not hire law students or undergraduates from in response to its handling of pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The judges, all appointees of former US President Donald Trump, called the Manhattan campus an “incubator of bigotry” in a Monday letter to President Minouche Shafi...
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2024-05-06
Full disclosure: I once served as a guest lecturer at
Full disclosure: I once served as a guest lecturer at one of the major public universities in . One of the courses I taught was the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and international media. Additionally, I gave various lectures about Israel within the community, where I met many American youths who were very curious about Israel. However, one lecture ...
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2024-05-06
Amid escalating antisemitism on US campuses, the International March of
Amid escalating antisemitism on US campuses, the International March of the Living announced the University Presidents and Chancellors Mission to the annual March of the Living, the organization stated in a press release. This mission, occurring on Holocaust Remembrance Day, aimed to address the , particularly following recent attacks in Israel. Th...
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2024-05-06
Israel is marking Holocaust Remembrance Day this year under extraordinary
Israel is marking Holocaust Remembrance Day this year under extraordinary circumstances. First observed in Israel in 1951 and enshrined into law later in the decade, Holocaust Remembrance Day will, as usual, feature a two-minute siren sounded at 10 a.m. throughout the country as people come to a halt to remember the victims of the Holocaust at the ...
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2024-05-05
"This will happen not one more time but 10,000 more
"This will happen not one more time but 10,000 more times!" With these words echoing the harrowing past, and Combating Antisemitism, has drawn a stark parallel between the recent surge in antisemitism on US college campuses and the cruel treatment of Jewish students in the 1930s. In a poignant letter dated May 2, 2024, addressed to US university l...
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2024-05-05
“Come gather ’round, people, wherever you roam; and admit that
“Come gather ’round, people, wherever you roam; and admit that the waters around you have grown… The battle outside ragin’ will soon shake your windows and rattle your walls; for the times they are a-changin’.” – Bob Dylan, 1964 Alas, times – and history itself – is not really changing at all; it is just repeating itself. The week(s) ahead offer...
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2024-05-05
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik issued a statement on Friday
Columbia University President Minouche Shafik issued a statement on Friday in response to the campus protests that have proliferated across her university for weeks, referring to them as “among the most difficult in Columbia’s history.” She said the “turmoil and tension, division and disruption have impacted the entire community” and expressed sym...
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2024-05-05
Fox Business reports that Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum
Fox Business reports that Hims & Hers CEO Andrew Dudum has stirred controversy by supporting anti-Israel student protesters, offering them job opportunities. His statement came amid significant , resulting in an 8% drop in the company’s stock price last Friday. Dudum highlighted the importance of "moral courage," valuing it more than academic achie...
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2024-05-04
Jews may have a lion’s share of the , but
Jews may have a lion’s share of the , but I’m beginning to think that the smartest people on Earth are Palestinians. Make that Gazan Palestinians. No, Gazan Palestinian terrorists. Only geniuses could make a proud, strong country like Israel a universal pariah in six short months; Israel, a country full of freedoms and democratic ideals, much admir...
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2024-05-04
Apartheid Off Campus Newcastle reportedly asked for donations of hot
Apartheid Off Campus Newcastle reportedly asked for donations of hot water bottles, blankets, and ground sheets on the first night of their encampment at the University of Newcastle, according to UK media reports from Friday. The Telegraph described the donation request as an “Echo” of a mocked request by a student for “humanitarian aid.” Stude...
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2024-05-03
Most American universities will mercifully be entering “finals week” within
Most American universities will mercifully be entering “finals week” within the next fortnight, which means the end of the spring semester. Mercifully? Because the end of the semester means most students will be going home for the summer, and that means the on campuses will peter out. Fewer students on campus means no need to occupy the quad area ...
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2024-05-03
Only 68 of the 170 protestors of New York were
Only 68 of the 170 protestors of New York were students at the school, according to data released Thursday night from the New York Police Department and Mayor Eric Adams' office. 32 of the 112 protestors arrested on campus were students. In the statement, Adams said it became "abundantly clear" that individuals unaffiliated with the schools had...
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2024-05-03
Having assumed his role as Columbia University’s 13th president, Dwight
Having assumed his role as Columbia University’s 13th president, Dwight Eisenhower defined in typical military succinctness the mission of the venerable school that produced (by today) more than 100 : “The principle purpose of education,” he said, “is to prepare the student for effective personal and social life in a free society.” This writer can ...
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2024-05-02
On Tuesday night, as police cleared protesters out of a
On Tuesday night, as police cleared protesters out of a building and arrested more than 100 people, lawyer Gerard Fillitti said fault lay with the students who had erected an unauthorized pro-Palestinian encampment at the school. But they’re not the only ones he blamed. Although Columbia’s administration had called in the NYPD, Fillitti said Tuesd...
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2024-05-02
Shai Davidai, an Israeli associate professor at Columbia Business School,
Shai Davidai, an Israeli associate professor at Columbia Business School, has become the face of not only for students and staff on campus - but for the greater Jewish community. On Wednesday morning, he came to speak on the steps of City Hall at the invitation of EndJewHatred, an organization dedicated to Jewish unity and solidarity. He was gr...
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2024-05-02
President will deliver a speech next week marking Israel’s Holocaust
President will deliver a speech next week marking Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day as he faces a nation roiled by campus anti-Israel protests and a reported spike in antisemitism. Officials at the and the on Wednesday confirmed a report in Haaretz that Biden will be the keynote speaker on May 7, when the museum will mark the day, known in Hebr...
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