Neve Gordon, the Ben-Gurion University political science professor whose Aug. 20 op-ed in the Los Angeles Times titled “Boycott Israel” described Israel as an “apartheid state,” has drawn protests and threats of cutting off funding for the school by some U.S. donors.
U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) is being remembered in the Jewish community for his huge impact on domestic issues such as education and health care, but also as a giant in the Soviet Jewry movement.
U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, a major figure in the Democratic Party who took the helm of one of America\’s most fabled political families after two older brothers were assassinated, died late on Tuesday at age 77.
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