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Anti-Semitic Pamphlets, Graffiti Being Investigated
150 150 Trent Spiner, Union Leader Correspondent

http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?headline=Anti-Semitic+pamphlets%2C+graffiti+being+investigated&articleId=de47f8f8-dac1-4c76-a5bc-c23ce7b8acff RINDGE – Police and Franklin Pierce University officials are investigating a number of anti-Semitic pamphlets in residents’ mailboxes along with separate reports of graffiti swastikas in student dorms and a classroom on campus. Police are unsure if an organized group is responsible for distributing pamphlets into mailboxes in town, but university officials say they…

Debating How to Respond on Campus
150 150 Ben Harris

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/20080318HillelZOA.html A Hillel invitation to the chancellor of the University of California, Irvine — a bastion of anti-Israel activity — has crystallized a deep disagreement within the pro-Israel community over how best to respond to anti-Israel sentiment on campuses. NEW YORK (JTA) — At the opening session of its second summit on the university and…

A Lecture by Avi Beker: The Chosen: The History of An Idea, and the Anatomy of An Obsession
150 150 SPME

Georgetown University’sDepartment of Government andProgram for Jewish Civilization present The Chosen: The History of An Idea, and the Anatomy of An Obsession A lecture by Avi BekerAaron and Cecile Goldman Visiting Israeli Professor,author of “The Chosen: The History of An Idea, and the Anatomy of an Obsession” Tuesday, April 1st5:00 PMCopley Formal Lounge, Copley Hall…

Class Cancellations Called Discriminatory
150 150 SPME

http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107809.html York University’s practice of canceling classes on Jewish holidays is discriminatory, a panel found. An Ontario Human Rights Commission investigation has found that the practice violates the provincial Human Rights Code’s protection against discrimination based on a person’s “creed.” The Toronto university has canceled classes on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur for 34 years.…