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Israel continues to draw the ire of hateful detractors who wish to see what they perceive as the “apartheid Jewish Zionist colonial state” replaced in full by a state called Palestine. The Center for Islam & Global Affairs (CIGA) in…
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A row has broken out over efforts to un-twin Bournemouth with the Israeli city of Netanya by pro-Palestinian campaigners. Bournemouth and Netanya, a resort city in central Israel, have been ‘twinned’ since 1995. Bournemouth’s branch of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign…
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The leadership of the United Church of Christ adopted a resolution at its General Synod slamming Israel, accusing it of using “imperialistic theology” as justification of its policies towards the Palestinians. The 3,500-word document, adopted by a vote of 462-78, titled “Declaration…
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Binder groups — a secretive network of Facebook communities to help writers who aren’t cisgender men find writing jobs — are supposed to be safe spaces. But recently, Jews have been feeling as though they’ve become just as unwelcome as…
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“It’s a bunny-eat-bunny world.” This is an oft-repeated, only-sort-of-joking phrase in the world of kid’s literature — or “kidlit,” as those in the business call it — a vast category that includes novels for children, toddlers and young adults, in genres…
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Debate rages about the possible appointment of Valentina Azarova to the position of Director of the Toronto Law School’s International Human Rights Program. Cary Nelson argues that her career and writings to the present day – here analysed in detail…
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A complaint filed to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) alleges that Stanford University’s diversity program “has created and fostered a hostile and unwelcoming environment for Jews.” The Louis D. Brandeis…
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In May, when Israelis were attacked by Hamas missiles from Gaza, the criticism from some voices within the American Jewish community seemed not only more intense but categorical, escalating very quickly from what Israel did to what Israel is. In…
read moreThree years ago this month, the Supreme Court protected the First Amendment rights of public employees. In Janus v. AFSCME, Justice Samuel Alito wrote that requiring nonmember workers to help fund government unions violated the employees’ free speech rights “by compelling them to…
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On June 2, the venerable publication Scientific American published an anti-Israel propaganda opinion piece on its website titled, “As Health Care Workers, We Stand in Solidarity with Palestine.” The article, now removed, was authored by a group of physicians and medical students. Voice4Israel…
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