Fighting for Civil Discourse and Academic Freedom

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Confusion at Columbia
240 180 Martin Kramer

http://sandbox.blog-city.com/confusion_at_columbia.htm On Friday, the Columbia Spectator ran an article by its “news staff” under the headline: “Yiddish Prof Named Acting Director of Israel Institute After False Media Speculation.” The Yiddish professor is Jeremy Dauber, and the institute is the Institute for Israel and Jewish Studies. Mazel tof to Professor Dauber. The article adds the following:…

Noura Ismail and Sarah Karlin: A War-Torn Education
150 150 Noura Ismail and Sarah Karlin

http://media.www.gwhatchet.com/media/storage/paper332/news/2008/02/14/News/A.WarTorn.Education-3209944.shtml At Sapir College, exams are consistently interrupted by sirens warning students that a Kassam rocket has been launched. Once the sirens go off, the students have approximately 15 seconds to exit the test area and seek shelter. This scenario can happen more than five times during the course of a three-hour exam, but students…

SPME Germany Network Participants Add To Expressions of Mourning and Sorrow Over Yeshiva Students Murders
150 150 SPME

Thank you for your immediate response. We join in the condolence and sorrow. Dr. Elvira Groezinger, vice chairperson SPME-GermanyProf. Dr. Karl E. Groezinger, founding member SPME-Germany

Senators Question Anti-Semitism Decision
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http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107387.html Three U.S. senators questioned a federal decision on alleged anti-Semitism at the University of California, Irvine. Sens. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.), Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.), and Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) wrote late last month to Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to express concern at the department’s response to Jewish complaints. The Department of Education’s Office for Civil…