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Fast Forward Steven Salaita Sues University of Illinois Over Loss of Tenured Post
A professor who lost out on a tenured position at the University of Illinois after he made Twitter postings critical of Israel claimed in a lawsuit on Thursday that the university violated his rights to free speech under the U.S. Constitution. Steven Salaita said in his lawsuit that university donors pressured trustees to withdraw their…
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Opinion #JeSuisJuif Hashtag Spreads After Paris Terror
(JTA) — In the wake of Wednesday’s deadly attack on the offices of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, the hashtag #JeSuisCharlie (“I Am Charlie”) swept the internet in solidarity with the victims. Then came #JeSuisAhmed, to honor Ahmed Merabet, the Muslim police officer murdered during the Charlie Hebdo attacks, and who has become a symbol of inclusion…
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Forward 50 2014 Jeff Jacoby
Who would’ve thought one Tweet from a worried father could turn the Jewish world upside down with equal parts compassion and fear? The social media post from Jeff Jacoby, 55, a Boston Globe columnist, included a photo of his 16-year-old son, Caleb Jacoby, and a plaintive plea: Help me find my boy. Soon thousands were…
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Fast Forward Big Tech Wakes Up to Hate Speech Threat After #GoodJew Ruling in Europe
A little over a year after a French court forced Twitter to remove some anti-Semitic content, experts say the ruling has had a ripple effect, leading other Internet companies to act more aggressively against hate speech in an effort to avoid lawsuits. The 2013 ruling by the Paris Court of Appeals settled a lawsuit brought…
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Opinion Monica Lewinsky Joins Twitter. Should We Listen?
Monica Lewinsky (JTA) — Monica Lewinsky has come full circle. The Jewish woman who, with some justice, described herself as “the first person to have their reputation completely destroyed worldwide via the Internet” returned to the cybersphere on Monday with a Twitter account. Is she a glutton for punishment? She’s reentering the e-public eye just as…
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The Schmooze You Can Tweet That Woman, Monica Lewinsky
You can now tweet with that woman. Monica Lewinsky, self proclaimed “social activist. public speaker. contributor to vanity fair. knitter of things without sleeves,” has joined Twitter. With two tweets under her belt, the woman whose blue dress almost brought down a president already has over 8,000 followers and a verified account. Her first tweet,…
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The Schmooze Hoops Star Sorry for Holocaust Memorial Selfie
Danny Green poses for selfie at Holocaust Memorial in Berlin/Facebook San Antonio Spurs star Danny Green went to the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, where his team was playing an exhibition game. Nothing wrong with that. He took a selfie amid the stark granite reminders of the millions who died in the Shoah. Nothing really wrong…
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Opinion Bush Press Secretary Live Tweets 9/11
Getty Images Former President George W. Bush’s press secretary Ari Fleischer is remembering the tragic events of September 11 in an usual way — on Twitter. As Mashable reports, Fleischer, who served as Bush’s press secretary from January 2001 to July 2003, was with the president when the first plane smashed into the World Trade…
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