UC Berkeley opens probe into law professor over confrontation with anti-Israel student
The school opens a civil rights investigation after a confrontation between a law professor and a law student at the professor’s home
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3 people, including local rabbi and developer Reuven Kahane, arrested in altercation at pro-Palestinian protest
Kahane is a relative of Meir Kahane, an extremist rabbi from New York who led the Jewish Defense League and was later barred from the Israeli Knesset for racism.
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Congress cancels hearing on George Washington U protests after police clear encampment and arrest demonstrators
Shortly after the arrests, the Republican-led congressional committee canceled the hearing featuring D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and police chief Pamela Smith
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Next up for congressional antisemitism hearings: K-12 public schools
At a hearing on Wednesday, David Banks, chancellor of New York City’s public school system, will testify at the Capitol, as will the chiefs of public school districts in Montgomery County and Berkeley
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‘Hinds Hall,’ Macklemore’s new rap track, defends pro-Palestinian college protests and condemns Israel
The song denies that the protests are antisemitic
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Robert Kraft’s foundation to air ad slamming antisemitism at campus protests during NBA playoffs
“Scream until you’re red in the face, but don’t scream at the Jewish kid walking to class,” the ad says
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Ahead of hearing on DC’s response to campus protests, questions arise about GOP chair’s role in enabling antisemitism
Rep. James Comer disparaged Jewish committee members with insults that overlap with antisemitic tropes
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‘You are not alone’: Biden in Holocaust remembrance speech vows to fight Oct. 7 denialism
Biden drew a direct line between Holocaust denial and the tendency by some to downplay or even deny the atrocities of Oct. 7
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Should ‘From the river to the sea’ be allowed on Facebook and Instagram? Meta’s Oversight Board is considering the question.
The review comes after the House of Representatives issued a resolution calling the pro-Palestinian phrase antisemitic
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At March of the Living on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust survivors and relatives of Oct. 7 victims stress urgency of remembrance
“This is supposed to be never again, but this is again,” said the father of a child who was taken hostage by Hamas and released during a ceasefire
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’50 Completely True Things,’ a Palestinian-American’s call for compromise, strikes a chord on social media
Mo Husseini says his Medium post is meant to puncture ‘delusions’ on both sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
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