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A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities
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Fast Forward Dept. of Education opens antisemitism investigation at Sarah Lawrence College, where Hillel alleged atmosphere of intimidation
The department also resolved an antisemitism case at Johns Hopkins University
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News One Hasidic Housewife’s Inspiring — and Unusual — Journey to College and Beyond
On a cold spring evening last year, my Jewish literature professor took his Sarah Lawrence College class to a klezmer performance by the band Zion80, a mash-up inspired by the music of Shlomo Carlebach and Fela Kuti. Inside the small, stuffy room at The Stone, a music venue in New York City, I watched students…
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Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots By Deborah Feldman Simon & Schuster, 272 pages, $23 Deborah Feldman’s memoir, “Unorthodox: The Scandalous Rejection of My Hasidic Roots,” begins with Feldman describing her father, a mentally disabled Hasid employed by pitying community members to preform simple tasks, like picking up people from the airport. Sometimes…
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