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College Students Charged With Spree of Anti-Semitic Graffiti
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http://www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2008/02/08/college_students_charged_with_spree_of_anti_semitic_graffiti/ TRENTON, N.J. –Three college students are charged with spray-painting swastikas on statues and signs in three central New Jersey communities. Authorities say “stupidity” was the motive. The vandalism happened in East Windsor, Hightstown and Roosevelt last month. Police say they cracked the case with a tip from someone who said the men had bought…

Mel Alexenberg, Artist and Retired Professor, Initiates Group on Facebook Seeking Aesthetic Peace Metaphor: Perhaps Art Can Succeed Where Politics Have Failed
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A new Facebook group has been formed to create new metaphors for peace between Israel and its neighbors. Jews, Muslims, and Christians worldwide are joining the AESTHETIC PEACE group http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7590742794 and following its accompanying blog http://aestheticpeace.blogspot.com to promote a fresh vision for peace in the Middle East. The initiator of the Aesthetic Peace group, artist…

John Myhill, University of Haifa, Comments on IAW Strategies…Anti-Apartheid Forces in South Africa Won With Gandhi and King, Not Ethnically Targeted Terrorism of Civilians
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I applaud your efforts, but one more thing should be added to yourlist of factors distinguishing the two situations. This is the tacticsof the other group. The Blacks in South Africa, led by Nelson Mandela, oriented their political program around non-violent protest, modelled on the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King. They nevermurdered…

Tufts’ Meron Langser Seeks Submissions for Scholarly Discourse on “Corrie” and “Pieces” Plays To Increase Audience Sophistication of The Situation
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Prof. Meron Langser Seeks Submissions for Scholarly Discourse on “Corrie” and “Pieces” Play Prof. Meron Langser of the Theater and Dance Department of Tufts University, who is a participant in the SPME Network, is conducting an academic experience at the New Repetory Theater in Watertown, Maine, where he is producing two contrasting plays, My Name…