Nancy Koppelman, an American Studies professor at The Evergreen State College in Washington, is well aware of how passionate things can get on college campuses over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: The late pro-Palestinian activist Rachel Corrie, who was crushed to death by an Israel Defense Forces bulldozer in the Gaza Strip in 2003, had been a student at Evergreen.
A century before today’s fear of an Ebola outbreak, there was fear in Los Angeles of tuberculosis, and Dr. Kate Levy called out passionately to the Jewish community to aid those suffering from what was called the “White Plague.”
A Jerusalem planning committee has given preliminary approval for the construction of at least 200 housing units in an eastern Jerusalem Jewish neighborhood.
The United States said on Wednesday it was \”deeply concerned\” about an Israeli decision to approve construction of 200 new homes in East Jerusalem.
Five American Jewish educators have received the Covenant Foundation’s Pomegranate Prize.
The Canadian Parliament’s sergeant-at-arms, who shot a gunman inside the Parliament building last month, was to be honored by Israel’s Knesset.
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