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September 23, 2024 University Cancels Panel Because Author Is a ‘Zionist’ (The Free Press)

Published by The Free Press on 9/23/24 For the last seven years, the New York State Writers Institute has held an annual book festival at the University at Albany. It’s where notable authors come together and discuss big ideas like climate change, feminism, and immigration. But this year, the festival, which was held on Saturday, […]

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September 21, 2024 Mayor Adams Could Help Reverse Surge in Hate Crimes by More Clearly Defining Antisemitism

Published by The New York Sun on 9/21/24 Since October 7, 2023, antisemitic hate crimes have risen steeply in New York City, with incidents occurring nearly every day. This month, for example, a man in the Bronx was charged with attempting to kill his Jewish barber over his hatred for Israel, and, last month, a man yelled “Free […]

Op-Eds

September 19, 2024 Columbia interim prez slammed for ‘tone deaf’ apology to students who felt ‘hurt’ by school’s decision to clear out anti-Israel protests (New York Post)

Published by the New York Post on 9/19/24 Columbia University’s interim president Katrina Armstrong was slammed by members of the school’s Jewish community after she apologized to anyone who felt “hurt” by the administration’s decision to clear out the campus’ destructive anti-Israel protests last spring. Dr. Armstrong issued the mea culpa in an interview with the Ivy […]

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September 19, 2024 Wikipedia blasted for ‘wildly inaccurate’ change to entry on Zionism: ‘Downright antisemitic’ (Washington Examiner)

Published by the Washington Examiner on 9/19/24 Wikipedia has come under fire after replacing its entry on Zionism, the idea that Jewish people have a right to self-determination and statehood in their ancestral homeland of Israel, with a “wildly inaccurate” description that characterizes Zionists as “coloniz[ers].” The new entry also questions whether Ashkenazi Jews are actually Jewish, despite the […]

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September 19, 2024 Lawmakers urge independent civil rights commission to investigate campus antisemitism (Jewish Insider)

Published by Jewish Insider on 9/18/24 A bipartisan group of 23 lawmakers wrote to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Tuesday urging it to investigate the rise of antisemitism on college campuses and provide recommendations to Congress and the administration to address the issue. The commission is an independent bipartisan body created by the Civil Rights Act that […]

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September 18, 2024 October 15, 2024: Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco: Campus Gaza Protests and the First Amendment

The Jewish Bar Association of San Francisco will be hosting a virtual panel to discuss the First Amendment issues implicated by protests on college campuses over the war in Gaza and the schools’ responses to those protests. The panel will feature Rachel Lerman, Vice Chair and General Counsel of the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under […]

Events

September 18, 2024 September 25, 2024: JPF: Agency in the Face of Anguish

Over the past year, the global Jewish community has been shaken. As Jewish parents, we have individually and collectively faced heartbreaking and fearful moments. Many of us feel overwhelmed and unprepared for how to raise children to face a world in which our enemies abroad openly seek our destruction and our neighbors at home often […]