Melissa Apter
By Melissa Apter
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Fast Forward Influential Academics Seek To Counter ‘Orwellian’ BDS on Campus
(Washington Jewish Week) — Alarmed by what they called “Orwellian efforts” to link Israel with a multitude of free-speech issues now roiling American college campuses, a group of influential academics has launched an initiative to combat anti-Semitism and facilitate constructive dialogue about Israel. Led by Mark Yudof, president emeritus of the University of California system,…
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Fast Forward J Street Student Leader Claims She’s ‘Culturally Jewish’
(Washington Jewish Week via JTA) — J Street U’s new president Amna Farooqi has made no secret of being a “Pakistani American Muslim.” That’s how she described herself in a keynote speech this spring at J Street’s national convention in Washington, D.C., when she was a board member. Still, Farooqi’s election to president at J…
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