Stanford instructor removed for targeting Jewish students as ‘colonizers’ after Hamas attack on Israel
Stanford officials were also criticized for neutral language in initially failing to unambiguously condemn Hamas
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Opinion This new social justice theory is making academia dangerous for Jews
This June, two Jewish mental health providers at Stanford University alleged they were the targets of anti-Jewish harassment. Ron Albucher, a prominent psychiatrist and Sheila Levin, a clinical social worker, have filed a legal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on June 15. The complaint alleges that Stanford University’s Counseling & Psychological Services’ Diversity,…
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Culture How Eli Valley’s Art Started An Anti-Semitism Scandal At Stanford
It began on Thursday, May 2, when members of the Stanford chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) posted flyers with cartoons by Eli Valley, a Jewish political cartoonist known for his provocative drawings of right-wing and Jewish figures. Soon after, Nazi-era propaganda appeared in freshman dorms. By May 7 one of The New…
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Fast Forward Jewish Groups Condemn Stanford Student Who Threatened To ‘Fight Zionists’
(JTA) — Three Jewish organizations called on Stanford University to take action against a student who threatened to “physically fight Zionists” on campus in response to a recent law passed in Israel. A statement by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the World Jewish Congress and the Lawfare Project called on the…
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Fast Forward Taube Philanthropies Pledges $1.3 Million To Build Stanford Chabad House
(JTA) — The San Francisco-based Taube Philanthropies has pledged $1.3 million to Stanford Chabad for the construction of a Chabad house near the Stanford University campus. The new Stanford Jewish center will be named Taube Chabad House, Taube Philanthropies announced on Tuesday. The campus already is home to the Taube Center for Jewish Studies and…
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Breaking News Swastikas at Stanford University: Second Time in a Month
(JTA) — Swastikas were discovered last weekend at Stanford University, less than a month after another rash of swastikas and anti-Semitic graffiti was found around campus. “Several” swastikas were found on the buildings of the university graduate housing, known as Escondido Village, the Stanford Daily reported. The Stanford University Department of Public Safety has been…
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Opinion This Week in Anti-Semitism: Stanford Printers Hacked and British Jews Attacked
The Forward plans to regularly monitor on the surge of anti-Semitism in many parts of the country and the world. The mission of this column is not to unduly alarm, but rather to raise awareness of a disturbing trend that, from some vantage points, can prove difficult to spot. 1) Stanford’s Printers Hacked to Print…
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News Swastikas Found on Stanford Campus and in Surrounding Area
Several swastikas have reportedly been found scrawled on the campus of Stanford University and the surrounding neighborhood of Palo Alto, California. “We do not know exactly when it occurred since the university has been on winter break closure since December 21st until today (Wednesday),” Bill Larson, a spokesman for the campus police, told the San…
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