Drew Himmelstein
By Drew Himmelstein
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Fast Forward Berkeley Suspends ‘Anti-Israel’ Course Amid Jewish Outcry
SAN FRANCISCO ( via JTA) — The University of California, Berkeley, has suspended a student-led course, “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis,” following an outcry from Jewish community leaders who called it biased, anti-Zionist and in violation of the university’s academic standards. The university made the decision Tuesday after determining that the student facilitator, Paul Hadweh,…
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Music Stanford Student Slams ‘Anti-Semitic’ Question About Jewish Faith
(j weekly via JTA) — A junior at Stanford University who is running for the student senate says she faced anti-Semitic questioning from a student group whose endorsement she was seeking. During a March 13 interview in front of eight members of the university’s Students of Color Coalition, Molly Horwitz, 21, alleges that the lead interviewer…
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