SAN DIEGO (Press Release) — ADL San Diego released the following statement on a recent incident at Carmel Valley Middle School: ADL San Diego is well aware of and has been in touch with the person who reported the incident and the school since it was initially reported. What follows is a list of the
The implementation of what amounts to a litmus test of ideological allegiance—only targeted at Jews who support Israel—is grotesque but part of a decades-old campaign to malign Israel and transform it into a pariah state, while excluding its supporters from progressive groups because Israel, it is falsely alleged, is an apartheid, racist regime of white supremacy that continues to oppress innocent brown Arabs who were the actual indigenous residents of the land now called Israel. [Richard L. Cravatts, Ph.D]
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Some of you may have heard about an incident at Carmel Valley Middle School, where a teacher there had on display, among several pictures of other historical figures, a photo of Adolph Hitler. When confronted by a student who protested, the teacher responded that while Hitler did some bad things he also displayed strong leadership qualities. Parents and community members were rightfully very concerned and expressed that concern to school district leaders. [Heidi Gantwerk]
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(JNS) Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne on Wednesday publicly apologized for the school’s actions that sought to limit the admission of Jewish students in the 1950s, a discriminatory policy that was revealed in a recently released report from a university task force. Published last month, the report documents a notable drop in enrollment from two
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LOS ANGELES — (Press Release) The Simon Wiesenthal Center has urged the San Dieguito Union High School District to take proactive action regarding Carmel Valley Middle School where Adolf Hitler’s portrait was placed alongside inspirational historical leaders including U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi, U.S President John F. Kennedy, British Prime Minister
Many readers of San Diego Jewish World know Baron via his political satire columns, but I asked my colleague to put his hat back on as a Holocaust scholar to assess how well Burns’ documentary had covered the subject.[Donald H. Harrison]
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During a rally last Wednesday, Republican state Sen. Doug Mastriano reminded his followers that Democrat Josh Shapiro, the state attorney general, “grew up in a privileged neighborhood, attended one of the most privileged schools in the nation as a young man – not college, I’m talking about as a kid.” [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Over the years the Education Ministry has winked at partial compliance with its requirement. The schools of some Ashkenazi Haredi movements teach math, English, and Hebrew, less than described in the formal requirements, and others teach almost entirely religious matters, dedicating perhaps two hours per week to secular subjects. And all in Yiddish. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Science, Medicine, & EducationNatalie Abulhawa had multiple advantages going for her after she filed a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against a Main Line school: her own disingenuous voice, the aid and comfort of excuse-laden Arab-American spokespersons; and kid-glove treatment in a Philadelphia Inquirer story filed by an Arab-simpatico reporter. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Richard L. Cravatts (JNS) The suppression of any speech that does not conform to hegemonic ideologies is not an uncommon occurrence at today’s universities. What is now labeled “cancel culture” is dedicated to the purging of thoughts and ideas that conflict with liberal notions or the radical ravings of social justice warriors. This unfortunate
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By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) The organization at the heart of a BDS controversy at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law responded on Monday to condemnation from the law school’s dean and Jewish organizations in a statement posted to its Instagram account. Berkeley Law Students for Justice in Palestine (LSJP) defended its attempt to
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Four out of five children in the Gaza Strip say they live with depression, grief and fear,” says Americans for Peace Now in announcing a Sept. 1 webinar. No argument here. The children of Gaza have undergone a range of traumatic experiences, so it should not surprise any of
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While most of the book is a hoot – imagine creative adults on the floor happily expressing their inner children as they experimented with toy prototypes – there are some very serious, reflective chapters as well. In 1976, a mentally unbalanced employee killed two executives at MGA and wounded three other workers before killing himself. The man had a “hit list” and on it was Breslow, who, to take a phone call, had just stepped out of the meeting room where his two colleagues were slain. Breslow discusses the impact of that horrific event on his life. [Donald H. Harrison]
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Alpha Epsilon Pi Fraternity (AEPi), a leading Jewish college fraternity, has named Michael Waitz (DePaul, 2009) as its Chief Operating Officer. [AEPi News Release]
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