That’s what is being asked of the University of California’s Board of Regents. Two dozen groups, lead by the “AMCHA Initiative,” want the regents to adopt the definition used by the U.S Department of ...
After hearing two days of virtual testimony from hundreds of people last Thursday, a state Senate committee favorably reported out two bills calling for making a particular definition of antisemitism ...
Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you are conversing with yourself. You realize Hanukkah is coming, you don’t sufficiently understand the story, and you can’t identify appropriate gifts for family ...
The new academic year has started at most universities. This fall, however, an icy chill has descended on academic life. In glaring contradiction to their mission statements, while publicly embracing ...
We write as Scottish Jews and members of the University and College Union (UCU). We would like to express our support for the UCU’s position regarding the so-called working definition of anti-semitism ...
Let’s say, hypothetically speaking, you are conversing with yourself. You realize Hanukkah is coming, you don’t sufficiently understand the story, and you can’t identify appropriate gifts for family ...
In saying her critics manufactured “a blood libel,” Sarah Palin deployed a phrase linked to the false accusations made for centuries against Jews, often to malign them as child killers who coveted the ...
The hand-shaped amulet is my small rebellion against Judaica shop kitsch. (JTA) — I tend to get to Israel every two or three years, and every time I come home with a hamsa. The latest, which I picked ...
My father enjoyed watching the USWNT team play Sweden in the World Cup, but he was heartbroken when they lost. “They were so close! They had it!” he said repeatedly. “It is just so disappointing.” He ...