Indiana University removed its Jewish studies director. His replacement has ignited a firestorm over Israel.
Günther Jikeli's supporters and detractors see him as an enforcer for what should count as Jewish studies
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At the end of the 1950s and 1960s, Atlanta was deeply segregated — down to its very hospitals. At Grady Hospital, cardiac patients were separated by race, with white patients being addressed with the honorific “Mr.” or “Mrs.”, while black patients were referred to their name only. In the meantime, black nurses were simply called…
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Fast Forward Emory Jewish Fraternity House Vandalized on Yom Kippur
A historically Jewish fraternity house at Emory University was targeted with anti-Semitic graffiti. The Alpha Epsilon Pi house was defaced with swastikas and other graffiti early Sunday morning in the hours after the end of Yom Kippur. Emory police officers have increased patrols in the area, University President Jim Wagner said in a statement. “On…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Michael Broyde’s Disturbing Fall in ‘Sockpuppet’ Scandal
Rabbi Michael Broyde was a star of mainstream Orthodoxy. That was before he was revealed as someone who used false identities whose opinions on Jewish law Rabbi Broyde used to buttress his own perspective on the halakhic views of women’s hair covering. Rabbi Broyde used these identities to publish essays and to comment on others’…
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Fast Forward Did Rabbi Michael Broyde Have Second ‘Sockpuppet’ Persona?
A new report claims that professor and rabbi Michael Broyde may have created a second fake persona to engage in online discourse. Broyde, who admitted earlier this month to publishing letters in journals and gaining access to a rabbinic association under a fake name, may also have used a second fake persona, according to a…
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Fast Forward Rabbi Michael Broyde Tight-Lipped About ‘Sockpuppet’ Scandal
As Michael Broyde paced beside a spread of bagels, lox, and pastries in the back of the room awaiting his turn at the podium, an audience member approached. “We’ve met,” the man said. “I just wanted to wish you well.” Broyde’s keynote today at the conference “Shari’a and Halakha in America” at the Illinois Institute…
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Fast Forward Michael Broyde, Top Modern Orthodox Rabbi, Downplays Fake Name Scandal
Michael Broyde, the top Modern Orthodox rabbi accused of setting up a fake persona to undermine a rival organization and praise his own work, downplayed the importance of the scandal in a new interview. Broyde, 48, spoke exclusively with Haaretz as soon as Shabbat ended. In an interview during which he ranged from sounding befuddled…
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Opinion Erasing Historic Stain at Emory’s Dental School
“I am sorry. We are sorry.” It was with those unscripted two sentences uttered in front of a standing-room-only crowd of more than 400 people that Emory University’s president, James Wagner, gave voice to a great wrong. But first some background. From 1948 to 1961, the university’s dean, John Buhler, led Emory’s dental school. ….
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