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Community I’m a Jewish Cadet in Texas — and College Has Been Anti-Semitism Free
I’ll be the first to admit. College Station, Texas is an awkward place for a Jew. Living in Dallas for eighteen years, the Jewish community was as much a part of me as every other facet of my life. Most of my friends were Jewish, I was heavily involved with BBYO, and I attended religious…
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Community Dear Incoming Freshman: Brace Yourself for Insane Anti-Semitism.
From openly anti-Semitic professors to swastika graffiti, the campus can be a hard place for Jews, and is certainly a hard place for Zionist Jews. The hype is true: anti-Zionism is alive and well. But my experiences at Brown University have taught me there is also hope to be found in pro-Israel activism. My first…
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Food Pearlstone Does Farm-to-Table Family Style
At 9 a.m. on a summer Sunday, two dozen parents and children gathered in a grassy area. Around them stretched Pearlstone Center’s farm, lush with green plants, a rainbow of flowers and a golden patch of wheat. A tall guy in a kippah stood up and started strumming a guitar. This was Jakir Manela, executive…
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News Sheldon Adelson Takes Surprisingly Modest Approach in Campus Initiative
Framed as the biggest Jewish communal effort yet to battle anti-Israel sentiments on campus, the Maccabee Task Force has ended its first year of work as a modest, cautious operation. A more “sober” approach has set in at the task force’s Las Vegas headquarters, according to David Brog, its executive director, following initial reports in…
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Fast Forward California Camp Cut Short After Salmonella Outbreak
— A Jewish overnight camp in Southern California will cut short its first session by several days due to a salmonella outbreak. Moshava California, a Bnei Akiva of Los Angeles overnight camp in the San Bernardino Mountains, said it will end the session on Thursday rather than Sunday on instruction from the Department of Environmental…
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Fast Forward 11-Year-Old Girl Killed by Falling Tree at Indiana Jewish Summer Camp
An 11-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell on a cabin at a Jewish camp in Indiana. The accident occurred early Tuesday morning at Camp Livingston in Bennington, which serves campers from various midwestern cities, including Cincinnati, Dayton and Columbus, Ohio; Indianapolis, Indiana; and Louisville and Lexington, Kentucky. A healthy tree was struck by…
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Fast Forward Nasty Dispute Over Israel and ‘Anti-Semitism’ Roils Bucolic British College Town of Oxford
For a city that has made headlines recently for its anti-Semitism problem, Oxford has a pretty laid back Jewish scene. On a recent Friday night, dozens of recognizably Jewish families and students wearing kippahs were enjoying the afternoon sun as they strolled to one of Oxford’s two synagogues. They converged at a modern building that…
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Fast Forward Scottish Pro-Israel Student Bounced From Council Meeting for Blasting BDS
A Scottish college student was accused of violating “safe space” rules and told she risked being expelled from a meeting after she spoke out against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel movement. Imogen Wilson, 22, the vice president for academic affairs at Edinburgh University Students’ Association, told Britain’s Telegraph she was accused of making…
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