Antisemitism
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Rabbi Abraham Cooper met with federal law-enforcement officials to suggest coordinating an office to analyze anti-Semitism and train federal agents to understand the nature of the threat.
“No student should be forced to make a choice between their faith and their education. Nor should they face backlash if they do,” said Howie Beigelman, executive director of Ohio Jewish Communities.
The survey, by the Ruderman Family Foundation, found that 62% of Israelis think the state should take firmer action against anti-Semitic incidents around the world.
“While the list of protected groups in USC’s policy is long, Jewish students experiencing anti-Zionist harassment do not naturally fit into a group that guarantees them protection,” says a letter to the university president Carol Folt.
A lawyer for University of Louisville student, Brown, 21, said his client has “serious mental issues” and would undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
“It’s a painful way to kill a person, and it’s fundamentally inhumane,” said Janice Friebaum, former vice president and spokesperson for the Phoenix Holocaust Association. “To think that it was done to millions during the Holocaust is horrific enough.”
Activities include campus demonstrations, rallies and lectures with pro-Palestinian activists erecting mock checkpoints and walls.
Jeff Mendelsohn, executive director of Pro-Israel America, tweeted that “by pulling his support for the Abraham Accords, Rep. Bowman makes clear that he isn’t interested in peace. He’s only interested in placating the anti-Israel Socialist party that’s supporting him.”
Alexander Giannakakis, 35, previously of Quincy, Mass., was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston for “making false statements in a matter involving domestic terrorism,” among other related charges.
Mark Polyakov, 37, faces one count of written threats to kill or do bodily harm, which has a maximum penalty of up to 15 years in prison, 15 years probation and $10,000 in fines.
The 51-year-old comedian tells of overcoming depression, how he performs a routine without curse words, and notes exhibiting both Jewish and Jersey pride.
A former board member of the Jewish Community Center in Louisville, Craig Greenberg says that Judaism plays a “very important part of my life and my family’s life.”
