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British actress Dame Helen Mirren has faced pressure from the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel throughout her career but prefers instead to support Israeli artists and the Jewish state as a whole, the famed Academy Award winner…
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A conservative, nonprofit watchdog is keeping up the pressure on Morningstar, despite a reduction in the number of Israel-linked companies on a blacklist maintained by the investment firm and its socially conscious investment ratings arm, Sustainalytics. Will Hild, executive director…
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The Amazon Labor Union, which represents more than 8,000 employees at the tech behemoth, took part in a protest on Wednesday accusing Israel of apartheid and genocide in response to an Amazon contract with the Israeli government. Videos and photos…
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The City of Warsaw adopted the IHRA definition of antisemitism on Friday. Warsaw adopting the definition adds the Polish city to a growing number of capital cities to do the same. Warsaw now joins Washington, London, Berlin, Paris, and others.
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The Republic of Panama became the 42nd country to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. The decision, announced on July 25, drew praise from Jewish leaders. “Panama’s adopting the IHRA definition is yet another important endorsement for…
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A bipartisan group of 84 lawmakers wrote to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona pressing for information on the Department of Education’s plans to resolve a backlog of investigations into campus antisemitism and improve protections for Jewish students, Jewish Insider has learned. The lawmakers, led by…
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Abstract As anti-Semitism rates reach historic levels, both in the United States and worldwide, more attention has been paid to methods of counteracting it through law and public policy. The most important legal approach has involved the use of the…
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Scottish ministers have sought to block a U.K.-wide bill that seeks to impose fines for boycotting Israel. The legislators say the Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, which would bar councils and universities from banning Israel, threatens their authority. However,…
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Pro-Palestinian protesters injured a university employee while demonstrating against a lecture speaker who heads the Brazilian chapter of a pro-Israel advocacy group. Andre Lajst, the director of StandWithUs Brazil, was speaking about ways that Israeli technologies could help develop the…
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This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. Two off-campus University of Michigan fraternity houses were vandalized with homophobic and antisemitic symbols. The Ann Arbor Police Department believes the event occurred sometime on the…
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