Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of Canary Mission, a group that publishes information online about anti-Israel activists in an effort to punish them through a blacklist.
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News Avodah denies pressure caused it to fire anti-Zionist activist
The Jewish social justice organization dismissed Anna Rajagopal, who is known online for scathing criticism of Israel
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News Will new Twitter rule curb harassment — or make it tougher to fight antisemites?
A pair of grainy photos show a man delivering what appear to be a Nazi salute, decked out in military gear in one image and dressed as the Joker — replete with a full face of unsettling makeup — in the other. Oren Segal, who tracks extremism for the Anti-Defamation League, posted the photos on…
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Fast Forward Doctor Who Lost Job Over Tweets About Giving Jews Wrong Meds Seeks Hearing
A doctor whose job offer was withdrawn after the hospital discovered her history of anti-Semitic tweets is seeking a hearing with the State Medical Board of Ohio, the Cleveland Jewish News reported Monday. An attorney for Dr. Lana Kollab confirmed that she had requested a board hearing but declined to reveal what course of action…
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Fast Forward Hospital Withdraws Job Offer To Doctor Who Tweeted About Giving Jews Wrong Meds
A hospital in southern California announced Monday that it was withdrawing a job offer to a doctor who had posted a series of anti-Semitic tweets. Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield said that Dr. Lara Kollab, who was fired from the Cleveland Clinic last year over her history of anti-Semitic online statements, would not be participating…
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Fast Forward St. Louis Jewish Group Slams Canary Mission For Blacklisting Local Student
Jewish officials in St. Louis are slamming the online blacklist website Canary Mission for posting a dossier on a college student who grew up in the local Jewish community. “While we advocate strongly for a safe, secure and democratic state of Israel, we unequivocally reject anyone who seeks to shut down discussion and disagreement about…
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News When Jewish Leaders Decide To Harass College Kids — To ‘Support’ Israel
In June of 2015, one of the leading intellectuals of the Jewish establishment stood on stage in front of hundreds of American Jewish leaders and called for the community to picket outside the home of a college junior. It was the keynote speech at the American Jewish Committee’s annual conference in a year when the…
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News Canary Mission Dumped By Diller Foundation, But Critics Say It Doesn’t Go Far Enough
One of the U.S. charities that the Forward exposed as a funder of the online blacklist Canary Mission is trying to distance itself from the website, but alumni of its teen program say it isn’t going far enough. In a letter, senior staff of the Helen Diller Family Foundation acknowledged the foundation’s grant in support…
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Fast Forward LA Jewish Group Suspends Grants To Organization Tied To Canary Mission
(JTA) — The Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles will suspend grants from donors to a group that appears to support the controversial Canary Mission, although the foundation said it was not aware that previous grants had been used to fund Canary Mission and its efforts to blacklist anti-Israel activists on campus. In a statement…
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