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Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur

Dan Schnur is a professor at the University of California-Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies, Pepperdine University’s Graduate School of Public Policy and the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communications.

A federal court has rightly ruled that campus protesters’ persecution of Jewish students is antisemitism pure and simple.
This week, the same Chinese leadership that is persecuting the Uyghurs is also hosting the Winter Olympic Games, providing an ideal opportunity for worldwide condemnation of the genocide.
We are just beginning to understand the extent of the learning loss that occurred when students were limited to online classes over the last two years—and the even greater damage suffered by children from minority and lower-income communities.
Though we’re already several days into January, even a belated resolution can signify a step towards the type of progress we desire.
As the political, generational and cultural divisions within our own community continue to grow, it may be that the most important bridge-building that needs to happen is actually between Jews.
The former KGB agent has been leader of Russia in some form or another since 2000, making him the longest-serving Kremlin leader since Joseph Stalin.
This trial is yet another reminder of how polarized a nation we have become.
One of the most frustrating challenges in the ongoing fight against anti-Semitism is that the hate comes from so many different directions.
Newly elected governor of Virginia Glenn Youngkin was able to take control of the education issue by framing it in the context of parental involvement in the schools.