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The university “cannot maintain a double standard regarding Jews and claim not to engage in discrimination,” Rabbi Yaakov Menken of the Coalition for Jewish Values told JNS.
Nasrina Bargzie co-wrote in a 2015 article that civil-rights complaints have led to “a chilling effect on university campuses discouraging robust discussion about Israel, Palestine and U.S. policy.”
“Learning about our grandfather Aaron’s journey from Moscow to China and the challenges he faced has deepened our appreciation for the resilience and adaptability that runs in our family,” Alex Schneider tells JNS.
One student told JNS on the sidelines of an Israel on Campus Coalition event that “there are many days when I worry for my safety.”
“For some, anti‐Jewish rhetoric is a stable part of their virtual identity and long‐term cultivated image,” said Michael Pelisek, executive director of the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic.
“One of the top things that we’ve heard from students is that they’re concerned about physical safety,” said Jacob Baime, the group’s CEO.
Mary Ellen Richichi told JNS that her course on Holocaust history is her school’s second-most popular elective after gym.
“She was discriminated against because she was an antiwar advocate,” the TV personality Sunny Hostin said.
“If this is not promptly rectified, the committee is prepared to compel their production,” Rep. Virginia Foxx wrote to the Ivy League school.
Gov. Maura Healey told JNS she was grateful for the legislators and advocates who will help make sure that the state is “safer for our Jewish community.”
Joseph E. VanBlarcom allegedly threatened Jews with his car.
The support for a “genocidal mass murderer” shows “a horrifying, large underbelly of antisemitism and extremism,” said Ryan Mauro, of Capital Research Center.