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Fast Forward Jewish NYC council member arrested for carrying gun near pro-Palestinian rally
Inna Vernikov was pictured with a gun at her waist as she attended a pro-Israel rally near a pro-Palestinian rally at Brooklyn College
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Special Report Behind CUNY graduation speech furor, a university divided over Zionism
Fatima Mousa Mohammed’s fiery graduation address is the latest chapter in a complicated story about Zionism, antisemitism and free speech at one of New York City's most important universities
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News The Truth About Anti-Semitism on Campus — It’s Not All About Israel
Reports of anti-Semitic assaults rose dramatically in the past year, particularly on college campuses. And while there may be a tendency to view all critique of Israel as anti-Semitic, a new study finds that at three major universities, politics are not to blame. “The anti-Semitism that is felt on campus isn’t necessarily attached to Israel,…
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News After Four Months, Students Cleared of ‘Zionist Pig’ Charge for Lack of Witnesses
Brooklyn College has largely exonerated two students who spent the last four months ensnared in a drawn-out disciplinary process and publicly accused of anti-Semitism by their college president. The college could find no witnesses to tie the students to one of the most egregious allegations leveled against them: that while protesting a meeting one of…
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News ‘Zionist Pig’ Student Protesters Get Slap on Wrist From Brooklyn College
A City University of New York disciplinary committee handed down the minimum punishment to two Brooklyn College students involved in an “anti-Zionist and anti-Jewish” February protest, where a faculty member said he heard someone called a “Zionist pig.” Sarah Aly and Thomas DeAngelis, seniors who both belong to the activist group Students for Justice in…
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News BDS Battle at Brooklyn College Is Written in Chalk
Just a trace of the chalk slogans is all that remains on the sidewalk outside the entrance to the West Quad section of Brooklyn College. But the slogans, part of a form of protest and expression that has surfaced on the Midwood campus this past month, are yet another indication of the longstanding tensions between…
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Breaking News After BDS Event Controversy, Brooklyn College Issues Guidelines
The president of Brooklyn College distributed public events guidelines formulated in the wake of the ejection of four pro-Israel students from a boycott Israel event last year. Among the guidelines distributed to staff on Friday by Karen Gould was a requirement that event organizers must be affiliated with Brooklyn College. “The students were removed from…
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