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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Yale Arrests Pro-Palestinian Protesters and Clears Their Tent Camp

Published by The Western Journal Nearly 50 anti-Israel protesters were arrested Monday morning at Hewitt University Quadrangle at the center of Yale University’s New Haven, Connecticut, campus. According to a live blog from The Yale Daily News, police began gathering around the area — often referred to as Beinecke Plaza — before 7:00 that morning,

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Columbia University stops in-person classes after pro-Palestinian protests sees hundreds arrested

Published by GB News (US) Columbia University students will attend classes virtually on Monday as officials hope to deescalate tensions on the campus following pro-Palestine protests. President at the New York City university Nemat Minouche Shafik said the university was cancelling in-person classes on Monday while denouncing antisemitic language and intimidating and harassing behaviour. It

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Uriah P. Levy

He was a veteran of the War of 1812 and the first Jewish Commodore of the United States Navy.[note 1] He was instrumental in helping to end the Navy’s practice of flogging, and during his half-century-long service prevailed against the antisemitism he faced among some of his fellow naval officers. [Wikipedia]

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