Meet the First Israeli American Elected to an RNC Position
Aaron Bandler
January 19, 2023
The first ever Israeli American was elected to a Republican National Committee (RNC) position on January 16.
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20% of Americans Believe In At Least Six Antisemitic Tropes, ADL Report Says
Aaron Bandler
January 18, 2023
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a report on January 12 finding that 20% of Americans believe at least six antisemitic tropes.
Pro-Palestinian Students Chant “Intifada Revolution!” at U Mich
Aaron Bandler
January 18, 2023
Several pro-Palestinian students at the University of Michigan chanted “intifada” in a video taken on January 12.
L.A.’s Kabbalah Learning Center seems to attract many searching Jews, but criticism of it is widespr
Delice Garcia
January 13, 2023
Mike Gold* had a successful small business, a nice home, a wife and two kids when he began to wonder about his soul. Questions about life\’s meaning, about God and spirituality and his Jewish heritage would not go away. \”I started studying Judaism by myself, and I realized,\” he said, \”I didn\’t know anything.\”
StandWithUs Files Complaint Against GWU Over Prof Allegedly Targeting Jewish Israeli Students
Aaron Bandler
January 12, 2023
On August 29, 2022, the first day of class, Sheehi asked each student to share their identity and she validated each of them, until one Jewish student said they were Israeli.
SFSU Prof Abdulhadi Wins Middle East Studies Award
Aaron Bandler
January 11, 2023
MESA’s website lauded Abdulhadi’s for “her deep commitment to Palestinian Studies, in relation to not only gender, sexuality, feminist, and queer studies, but also others.” The Canary Mission watchdog noted in a January 8 press release that Abdulhadi had attempted to hold a webinar featuring former Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) member Leila Khaled in 2020 on Zoom that was ultimately deplatformed.
Rashida Tlaib Calls 2022 “One of the Deadliest Years” for Palestinians, Urges Congress to “Stop Funding Apartheid”
Aaron Bandler
January 11, 2023
Tlaib was quote-tweeting Jewish for Voice Peace (JVP), an organization that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. JVP’s tweet was accusing the newly installed Israeli government of “ethnic cleansing,” pointing to expulsion of residents from a Palestinian village.
Education Dept. Delays Regulation Codifying IHRA for a Year
Aaron Bandler
January 9, 2023
The Algemeiner and Politico both reported on the delay of the regulation, but noted that OCR Assistant Secretary for Human Rights Catherine Lhamon wrote in a letter that “the rise in reports of anti-Semitic incidents, including at schools, underscores of addressing discrimination based on shared ancestry and characteristics.”
Biden Admin “Deeply Concerned” By Israeli Minister’s Temple Mount Visit
Aaron Bandler
January 6, 2023
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