Is Mahmoud Khalil the new Emma Goldman?
A WWI-era attorney general exploited Goldman’s notoriety to target thousands of legal immigrants. Trump seems to be doing the same with Khalil.
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Opinion Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is a shanda for democracy (and, yes, for Jews)
Why is President Donald Trump so insistent on not following the law?
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Fast Forward As ICE targets a pro-Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for
Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump’s broader agenda
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Fast Forward American Jewish Committee says it’s ‘appalled’ by Mahmoud Khalil’s views but does not praise his arrest
Jewish Federations of North America said it would not comment on Khalil's arrest. Hillel International has not responded to multiple inquiries.
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Opinion Trump’s Columbia attacks won’t stop antisemitism. So why are Jewish leaders applauding?
We can't prioritize short-term reassurances over long-term safety
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Fast Forward ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions
Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favor and against the arrest
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News State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
Jewish Holocaust survivors suspected of Soviet sympathies were subject to the McCarran-Walter Act
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Looking Forward What will you do if ICE shows up at your synagogue?
At a congregation that runs a public preschool in a suburb with a lot of immigrants from Central American, it's not an abstract question
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