ALAN DERSHOWITZ: Something Very Dangerous Is Brewing On America’s College Campuses

Published by The Daily Caller The First Amendment protects the right to say idiotic things, but the marketplace of ideas also requires that speakers be held accountable for the words they speak, especially if they are hateful ones. The demonstrations currently taking place on many Ivy League campuses are not only about Palestinians, Gaza, or […]

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9 Arrested at University of Minnesota in Latest Crackdown on Pro-Palestian Encampments

Published by HNGN Nine people were arrested at the University of Minnesota on Tuesday when campus police broke up a pro-Palestinian encampment shortly after it was set up — prompting about hundreds of students to walk out of their classes in protest as encampments continued sweeping across U.S. colleges. Tents and signs were erected on

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Senate overwhelmingly passes aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan with big bipartisan vote

Published by NJ.com WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed $95 billion in war aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, sending the legislation to President Joe Biden after months of delays and contentious debate over how involved the United States should be in foreign wars. The bill passed the Senate on an overwhelming 79-18 vote

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Two Whose Memories are Blessings: Joel Cohen, Ellen Fox Lorang

One of our beloved humor columnists, Joel Cohen, has died in New York City, his children have informed me. The news came just two days after I had attended the funeral in San Diego of Ellen Fox Lorang. [Donald H. Harrison]

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More than 130 arrested at NYU campus Gaza protests

Published by AFP New York (AFP) – More than 130 people were arrested overnight during pro-Palestinian protests at the New York University campus as student demonstrations gather pace in the United States over the Israel-Hamas war. The New York Police Department said 133 people had been arrested and released after being issued with court summons, as

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Death toll among Gaza innocents is ‘beyond warfare,’ says UNHCR head

Published by DPA International The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Tuesday sharply criticized the recent attacks by Israeli forces in Rafah in the Gaza Strip due to the high death toll among women and children. “The latest images of a premature child taken from the womb of her dying mother, of the adjacent

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Harvard Suspends Student ‘Palestine Solidarity Committee’ As Campuses Work To Rein In Protests

Published by Tampa Free Press The Harvard Undergraduate Palestine Solidarity Committee (PSC) was suspended by the university on Monday after the group held an unauthorized protest against the school’s ties to Israel. Protests over the Israel-Hamas war have erupted at Columbia University, Yale, Cal Poly Humboldt and New York University, with dozens of students and

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Biden Holds Meeting With AOC, Bernie Sanders And Other Lawmakers Amid Israel Policy Disputes

Published by Benzinga President Joe Biden held a meeting with U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D – N.Y.) and other liberal lawmakers on Monday, as internal disagreements within the Democratic party over his support for Israel’s response to the Hamas attack continue to escalate. What Happened: On Tuesday, President Biden had a meeting with Ocasio-Cortez, Sens.

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Israeli intelligence chief resigns over Oct. 7 Hamas attack

Published by RBC-Ukraine (CA) The head of intelligence at the Israeli General Staff, Aharon Haliva, has submitted his resignation. His decision is related to the Hamas attack on the country on October 7, according to Israel Defense Forces (IDF). As IDF notes, Haliva has already submitted his resignation. The decision was coordinated with the Chief

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Jewish Fiction: Another American Passover

The haroset is a mixture of fruit, especially those things with laxative qualities such as prunes, nuts and wine. It is very sweet and quite enjoyable. Is this really what the Rabbis intended to convey? The sandwich of Matzah, bitter herbs and cement is actually a tasty appetizer. Let me get this straight, the symbols of slavery are tasty? [Jerry Klinger]

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John Fetterman Says GOP Senator Should Be Harvard President To ‘Recalibrate’ It ‘From Far-Left Orthodoxy’

Published by The Daily Caller Democratic Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman endorsed an op-ed by The Washington Post calling on Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney to serve as the president of Harvard University to “recalibrate” it “from far-left orthodoxy.” The piece, “Harvard is in an almighty mess. Let Mitt Romney clean it up,” called on Romney

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‘Neutrality’ issues found at UN agency for Palestinians, but no terrorism proof

Published by AFP United Nations (United States) (AFP) – An independent review group on the UN agency for Palestinians found some “neutrality-related issues,” its much-anticipated report said Monday, but it noted Israel had yet to provide evidence for incendiary allegations that staff were members of terrorist organizations. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) remains

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Love Competes with Jealousy in YA ‘Summer Nights and Meteorites’

There are passing mentions of b’nai mitzvah, Shabbat, and studying Hebrew but these are not essential to the plot, and I wonder sometimes whether such Jewish content is there simply to be placed on Jewish reading lists.  You won’t learn anything about Judaism or Jewish culture, but interesting information abounds about the space and the sea. [Donald H. Harrison]

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