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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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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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The Republic of Panama has adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, drawing praise from Jewish leaders and groups in the US. The Panamanian government held a ceremony commemorating the decision on Tuesday at its Ministry of Foreign…
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This brought the overall number of IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism adoptions and endorsements worldwide to 1,192, representing a broad array of international institutions and organizations, national and local governments, NGOs, universities, athletic clubs, and corporations that have embraced the definition…
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I used to work as a clinical psychologist on a 40-bed inpatient psychiatry unit of a general hospital. The ward was challenging but ran well until a person with borderline personality disorder was admitted to the unit, then all hell…
read moreAfter months of waiting, the Biden administration finally released its “National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.” A close look at the document gives the impression that the strategy as a whole is designed to appear to be “doing something” to combat antisemitism while not…
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In the digital era, social media have gained widespread popularity and become an important element of human culture. These platforms constitute a modern town square – a space for public discourse, where information and ideas flow rapidly. This article discusses…
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Multiple faculty groups are calling on University of Vermont leaders to do more to address campus antisemitism after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights concluded the university mishandled antisemitism complaints, The Burlington Free Press reported. University leaders…
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y every metric, American Jewish campus life is a shadow of what it once was. The City University of New York is losing the last two Jewish members of its 80-member senior leadership team—in the city with the largest Jewish…
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The report adds that it is “commonplace” for students not to wear “certain clothing or jewellery around campus because it would make them visibly identifiable as Jewish.” Other students also confirmed they were reluctant to attend seminars or lectures around issues such…
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