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Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig

Vita Fellig is a writer in New York City.

Mark Treyger, of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, told JNS that the legislative package “will help ensure the safety and security of our community.”
“It’s important for me to help other Jews have the chance to experience the holiday on this level,” the Chabad rabbi told JNS.
Mahmoud Khalil, the recent Columbia graduate whose release from federal custody the protesters seek, filed a lawsuit with seven students against Columbia, Barnard and a House committee.
One of Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers said outside of the courthouse that his detention “should outrage anybody who believes that speech should be free in the United States of America.”
“Anyone who thinks they can lie to us and get away with it, should think twice,” the special agent in charge of the FBI Boston division stated.
“A call from the DOJ concentrates the mind like the prospect of a hanging,” said Kenneth L. Marcus, Brandeis Center chairman and a former U.S. assistant secretary of education. “A call from the Office of Civil Rights is more like a heavy-duty laxative.”
“I want the Jewish community to know that I understand their concerns and unique history of constantly being a victim of unprecedented and unwarranted attacks,” the New York City mayor said.
Columbia has abandoned its obligation to Jewish students “for too long,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated.
“It’s time for the government to send in the National Guard, so the students who paid $70,000 for an education can simply go to class,” Ari Shrage, head of Columbia’s Jewish Alumni Association, told JNS.