Antisemitism has grown rampantly since the October 7th massacre carried out by Hamas, and rising Jew-hatred has caused Jewish students to feel increasingly unsafe on campus. We students are fearful of expressing our identities on campus, and especially in the classroom. [Press Release]
Jewish Tritons Outline Situation Facing Jews at UCSD Read More »
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Jewish Federations continue to unquestioningly support Israel’s right to defend itself, including destroying Hamas’s capabilities to harm the Jewish state, while also strongly supporting the critical and close relationship between the United States and Israel. [Press Release]
Jewish Federation of San Diego Reports on Israel-Gaza-U.S. Read More »
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Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Republican U.S. Sens. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., and Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., introduced two measures that, if passed, would achieve a similar objective: to place on the No Fly List individuals who are encouraging violence against Jewish persons and supporting terrorist organizations. They introduced a bill, the No
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Editor’s Note: ADL (Anti-Defamation League) rounds up developments in the anti-Israel demonstrations on college campuses across North America. Here is the report for Thursday, May 9. [Press Release]
ADL Report on Nationwide Campus Turmoil: May 9, 2024 Read More »
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The libel of “genocide” against Israel on college campuses can be seen as a modern-day parallel to the Dreyfus Affair with one difference – Jewish students now have the tools to combat hate – and win. [Sol Lizerbram, M.D.]
JNF-USA President: Today ‘We Are All Theodor Herzl’ Read More »
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“Israeli superstar Eden Golan is proudly representing Israel at the second semi-finals of Eurovision on Thursday, May 9. Despite tons of hate, death threats, and attempts at disqualification, the Israeli delegation is determined to participate and for Eden to perform her tribute to the victims of October 7, ‘Hurricane.'” [Press Release]
Israel’s Eurovision Entry ‘Hurricane’ by Eden Golan Needs Your Vote Read More »
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Published by DPA International The United States has paused a large shipment of weapons to Israel, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Wednesday, amid ongoing concerns in Washington about Israeli military operations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. “We’re going to continue to do what’s necessary to support Israel,” Austin said, calling Washington’s security
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Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) – Responding to recent protests centered on the war between Hamas and Israel, the North Carolina House of Representatives on Wednesday passed legislation that joins more than 30 other states in adopting a working definition of antisemitism. The definition was adopted by the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance
SHALOM Act passes North Carolina House 105-4 Read More »
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From TV star Debra Messing, who is executive-producing Primal Fear, a documentary about the post-October 7 eruption in antisemitism, to Hadassah Zionism-education star Diana Diner, from Christian Zionist Destiny Albritton to LGBTQ+ progressive Zionist Toby Klein, from black Jewish poet/digital content creator Tova Ricardo to constitutional scholar Sam von Ende – these women and the others on the 2024 list represent the diversity of Zionism today. [Press Release]
Hadassah: 18 American Women You Should Know Read More »
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Published by DPA International An average of 200 people are leaving the southern Palestinian city of Rafah every hour following Israel’s evacuation order, according to estimates by the UN relief agency for Palestinians. “The displacement is ongoing and people are leaving towards Khan Younis and the Middle Areas,” communications director of the Relief and Works
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Published by The Center Square (The Center Square) The University of California, Riverside reached a preliminary agreement with pro-Palestine protestors to take steps towards divesting from investments in Israel. However, due to a 2016 California law, it’s illegal for organizations that receive significant state funding from boycotting or discriminating against a country. Under the agreement,
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – The US military has completed construction of its Gaza aid pier, but weather conditions mean it is currently unsafe to move the two-part facility into place, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The pier — which the US military started building last month and which will cost at least $320 million
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The researchers chose to examine genetic differences between individuals who would not be expected to show such differences – pairs of identical twins, who should share the same DNA sequence, where one of the twins suffers from schizophrenia while the other does not. [Press Release, University of Haifa]
Haifa University, Salk Institute Report Findings on Genetic Causes of Schizophrenia Read More »
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden condemned a “ferocious surge” in anti-Semitism on Tuesday, in a Holocaust memorial speech that came at a fraught moment in Israel’s war in Gaza and with protests roiling American universities. Biden, who has backed Israel since the start of the conflict, said too many people
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