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Fast Forward BDS Resolution Passes At George Washington University
The student government at George Washington University voted Monday night to divest from companies that do business in Israel, the GW Hatchet reported. The legislation, which reportedly passed after more than three hours of student debates, was rejected by the senate last year. The resolution demanded that the school drop its ties with nine companies…
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Fast Forward Barnard Students Angry At Administration’s Rejection Of Pro-BDS Landslide Vote
Barnard’s Student Government Association denounced an email from their president during their Monday night meeting. Sian Beilock’s letter, which was e-mailed to the entire school community and posted on Barnard’s website earlier in the day, addressed a referendum regarding whether SGA should advocate for the college to divest its ties to eight companies that do…
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Fast Forward Jewish Summer Camp Group Launches Campaign To Prevent Sexual Harassment, Abuse
(JTA) — The Foundation for Jewish Camp has launched an initiative to prevent sexual harassment, abuse and misconduct at camps. FJC launched the Shmira Initiative in Baltimore Sunday at its biannual Leaders Assembly conference for camp professionals, lay leaders, educators and philanthropists. The FJC is investing an initial $100,000 in the program. “Our Jewish communal organizations…
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Fast Forward Jews Reminisce Over ‘Campfires and Color Wars’ In Summer Camp-Themed Podcast
Micah Hart’s summers were filled with Israeli dancing, swimming in a lake, bad food and pranks — the classic Jewish overnight camp experience. Almost two decades after his last summer away, Hart found it more difficult to catch up with his camp friends. So he made a podcast about it. “All we do is reminisce…
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Fast Forward Princeton Professor Cancels Hate Speech Class After Backlash To N-Word
A Princeton University professor cancelled a class on hate speech after his use of the n-word caused a group of students to walk out in the middle of class, the Associated Press reported. Professor of anthropology Lawrence Rosen has taught the class for years, and has never had students leave the class after hearing the…
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Breaking News At This Jewish Camp, A 95-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Teaches Kids Yiddish
(JTA) HOPEWELL JUNCTION, N.Y. (JTA) — The kids at Camp Kinder Ring mostly do what kids do at any Jewish summer camp. They hang out by the lake, play sports, goof off, find discreet places to, um, go on walks. But for an hour each day, groups of Jewish adolescents here eagerly do what few…
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Community Are Jewish Students Left Out of the Left?
A version of this article appeared in New Voices. When Jonathan Taubes was in high school, he read a lot of Noam Chomsky — so much so that Taubes and his friends jokingly refer to him as the Rebbe, or teacher. Chomsky, an American historian and social critic, writes about a diverse array of topics:…
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Community 5 Steps For Creating LGBTQ-Friendly Jewish Spaces On Campus
A version of this article originally appeared in New Voices. I saw women and men sitting across from each other at tables and sat on the ground in between to make my presence visible. It was awkward for all of us. Apparently the irony of a heteronormative speed dating event taking place next door to…
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