Andrew Lapin
By Andrew Lapin
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Culture A new ‘Color Purple’ adaptation hits theaters, returning author Alice Walker’s history of antisemitism to spotlight
The acclaimed author has endorsed antisemitic conspiracy theorists while working with Steven Spielberg
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Books Florida district pulls many Jewish and Holocaust books, including Saul Bellow’s ‘Herzog’ and ‘Black, White and Jewish’
The Orlando-area district was the latest to purge Jewish- and Holocaust-themed books from the shelves in fear of a state law forbidding explicit content
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News At Stanford, a committee to address antisemitism is roiled by Jewish infighting
A Jewish studies professor with a history of fighting antisemitism at Stanford resigned after being accused of not being pro-Israel enough
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Fast Forward MIT joins Harvard and Penn on list of schools facing federal civil rights investigations
MIT was one of six universities and districts to join the growing list this week; all have faced antisemitism or Israel-related controversies
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Fast Forward Suspect arrested in antisemitic attack outside Washington, DC synagogue
The suspect sprayed an unknown substance on two people while reportedly yelling “Gas the Jews"
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Culture Masha Gessen will receive Hannah Arendt Prize after all, following controversy over Gaza essay
One critic claimed that Gessen’s New Yorker essay, in which they quoted Arendt, “is in clear contrast” to the philosopher
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Culture ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm,’ TV’s Jewiest comedy, to end after upcoming 12th season
"And so ‘Larry David,’ I bid you farewell," wrote the show's creator
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Fast Forward Dept. of Education to investigate antisemitism on at least 4 more campuses including Rutgers and Tulane
Stanford, UCLA, UCSD and the University of Washington also have new Department of Education investigations
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