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The National Students for Justice in Palestine (NSJP) organization condemned the US bombing of nuclear facilities in the Islamic Republic of Iran over the weekend, threatening that the American government will be deposed. The anti-government comments came one day after…
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Georgetown University administration said it was “appalled” after a prominent faculty member called for Iran to conduct a “symbolic strike” on a U.S. military base in a social media post on Sunday. “We are reviewing this matter to see if…
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It would be nice to have academic departments of Middle Eastern studies to turn to for understanding these days, but too many have traded scholarship for anti-Israel politics. No wonder most are now ignored, other than for their role in…
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Columbia University has settled a lawsuit brought by a Jewish student at the School of Social Work (CSSW) who accused faculty of unrelenting antisemitic bullying and harassment. Represented by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Mackenzie “Macky” Forrest sued the institution…
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The killing of two people working at the Israel Embassy—preceded by arson in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and followed by firebombs in Boulder, Colorado– has focused attention on a phrase—‘globalize the intifada—incorporated into common parlance without giving much thought to the somber…
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The Spring semester has ended with higher education in upheaval. The political and economic relationships with the Federal government are now rapidly changing, with billions of taxpayer funding frozen or and foreign student visas on hold. Here are some recent…
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From a military perspective, there is little question that Israel was right to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities. It took advantage of a unique window of opportunity that stemmed from three primary factors. The first was the degradation of Iran’s regional proxies. For…
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‘My German quality and my Jewish quality do not get in the way of each other, but do each other a lot of good. . . . I experience this strange and intimate duality in unity as something precious.” This is the…
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As far as groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and the Nexus Project—and their cheering section at The New York Times are concerned—what the Heritage Foundation is doing is pretty much the end of the world. The Washington think tank has been…
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edicine has a serious antisemitism problem. It especially has a problem among doctors, and a lot of that problem is concentrated among doctors educated overseas. We identified a set of over 700 people from all walks of life profiled by…
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