Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide
Pro-Palestinian activists are cheering the encampments, while Jewish campus groups are calling for action to stop them
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Fast Forward Yale alumni, faculty and parents demand stronger response to rising antisemitism
An open letter cites three recent instances in which signatories think Yale had an insufficient response to antisemitic behavior
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Culture In praise (and defense) of Elie Wiesel, who spoke with ‘the aura of a prophet’
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As you stand in the Dolby Chadwick Gallery in San Francisco, you can’t be sure if the figures in Joshua Meyer’s multi-layered oil paintings are emerging toward you or receding away into a complex sea of colors. That lack of certainty suits the artist just fine, as he considers his paintings to reside in “a…
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