This Jewish disease wreaks havoc. But it may have an upside.
The disorder — debilitating if untreated — may also offer protection against deadly tuberculosis
The disorder — debilitating if untreated — may also offer protection against deadly tuberculosis
(JTA) — An Israeli woman who lives in Massachusetts chased down and held a man who exposed himself to her while she was jogging. Single mother Aia Polansky, 33, was running in Cambridge when the male jogger dropped his pants to his knees as she ran by. Polansky, a 6-foot-1-inch-tall veteran of the Israel Defense…
(JTA) — An audience filled with students at Cambridge University laughed as Malaysia’s prime minister, Mahathir Mohamad, unleashed a stream of anti-Semitic statements. Mohamad spoke Sunday evening at the Cambridge Union, known as the world’s oldest debating society, at a question-and-answer session with Adam Davies, the speakers officer of the union. “I have some Jewish…
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (JTA) — A campaign calling on the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts to not renew its contract with Hewlett Packard because of its business ties with Israel was dealt a setback when a group behind the proposed boycott failed to get its resolution placed on the City Council’s agenda for its next scheduled meeting….
New students at one of Great Britain’s most elite universities were upset after they received a welcome packet that had a picture of the gates of the Auschwitz concentration camp on the cover. Students at Cambridge University’s Emmanuel College received the packets upon moving in. The packets featured information about a welcome service at the…
(JTA) — The head of a prestigious Cambridge University college apologized to two students whose complaints of anti-Semitic abuse were not upheld fully and inadequately handled. Jane Stapleton, Master of Christ’s College, Cambridge, said on Thursday that the college now “accepts that racist and anti-Semitic conduct occurred and has apologized to the students who reported…
(JTA) — Jewish student leaders at Cambridge University in England said they were “deeply concerned” about recent anti-Semitic activities at the school. Jewish Society Co-Presidents Adam Goott and Alex Szlezinger told the student newspaper, the Varsity, they were in touch with campus police and Britain’s Community Security Trust following the appearance over the weekend of…
— Three Jewish students at Cambridge University in Britain say they were violently attacked by members of a university drinking club and that the university covered up the results of an investigation into the incident. The incident that occurred late last month was first reported on Saturday by the British daily newspaper The Telegraph. The…
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