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☆ Germany demands new citizens accept Israel’s right to exist
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-27 | by ( Sophie Tanno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —People applying for naturalization in Germany will now be required to affirm Israel’s right to exist, under changes to the country’s citizenship law. The country’s naturalization exam will now include a number of new questions, according to a statement from the interior ministry. “In response to increasing antisemitism in Germany, the list of questions in the naturalization test has been expanded. New exam questions have been added on the topics of antisemitism, the right of the state of Israel to exist and Jewish life in Germany,” it said. ‘A crystal clear red line’The legislation is being introduced nationwide after the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt also required citizenship applicants to recognize Israel’s right to exist in December.

Persons: Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Lamya Kaddor, Nancy Faeser, ” Organizations: CNN, Israel, Green, Christian Democratic Union, CDU, Bundestag Locations: Germany, Berlin, Gaza, Israel, Europe, Saxony, Anhalt, German, RIAS

☆ Harvard’s antisemitism and anti-Muslim task forces urge the university: Act soon
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Two presidential task forces formed to recommend how Harvard can combat antisemitism and anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and anti-Palestinian activity on campus have spoken: Harvard needs to act now. Harvard needs to do more work to promote diversity education and promote multiple perspectives on campus, the task force chairs recommended. The antisemitism task force sought to get Harvard to clarify its values, act against discrimination and hate, improve the university’s disciplinary process, promote dialogue and training on the topic and support Jewish life on campus. Alan Garber, Harvard’s interim president, said he appreciated the recommendations and the task forces’ candor. And the House Education Committee lambasted the university for its response to a subpoena seeking information on how it handled campus protests.

Persons: Harvard’s, ”, Derek Penslar, Ali Asani, Alan Garber, ’ candor, ” Garber, “, Claudine Gay Organizations: CNN, Harvard, ” Harvard, Defamation League Locations: Israel, Gaza

☆ Harvard Reports Find Climate of Bias for Both Jewish and Muslim Groups
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-26 | by ( Anemona Hartocollis | More About Anemona Hartocollis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Harvard University’s task forces on antisemitism and anti-Muslim and anti-Arab bias released preliminary reports on Wednesday, each finding a climate of bias and harassment on campus. Both groups urged the university to take steps to address the issues. The antisemitism task force found that the situation for Israeli students on campus was “dire,” citing reports of teaching fellows discriminating against or harassing students because they were Israeli or pro-Israel. It added that there was an ideological “litmus test” for extracurricular activities that made it impossible for some students to participate. The task force called for a variety of measures, such as anti-harassment training for all students, discussions of antisemitism and anti-Israeli bias, and accommodations for those who observe Jewish holidays, to improve the quality of life for Jewish students on campus.

Organizations: Harvard, Israel Locations: “, Palestine

☆ Opinion | Should American Jews Abandon Elite Universities?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Bret Stephens | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The notable fact about the anti-Israel campus demonstrations is that they are predominantly an elite phenomenon. And what should those on the other side of the demonstrations — Jewish students and alumni most of all — do about it? Regarding the first question, some argue that the furor over the campus protests is much ado about not much. With notable exceptions, campus life at these schools is somewhat less roiled by protest than the media makes it seem. Outside groups, as more than one university president has told me, have played an outsize role in setting up encampments and radicalizing students.

Persons: It’s Stanford Organizations: University of Nebraska Locations: Israel, Berkeley, Yale, Penn, Harvard, Columbia, provocateurs

☆ Election Updates: The Jamaal Bowman-George Latimer primary could signal many political benchmarks.
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-25 | by ( Claire Fahy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +6 min

New York is a closed primary state, meaning Democrats and Republicans can vote only in their own parties’ primaries. Bowman and Mr. Latimer may serve as harbingers of many political benchmarks. Mr. Latimer is largely supportive of Israel, calling for a return of all hostages before any potential cease-fire. Mr. Latimer has received $14.5 million in support from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. It has also featured negative characterizations, with Mr. Latimer portraying Mr.

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☆ Columbia places three administrators on leave amid investigation, cites commitment to ‘confronting antisemitism’
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Kristina Sgueglia | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Columbia University says it’s placed three administrators on leave pending a university investigation of a weeks-old incident at an alumni reunion event. The university, which reiterated its commitment to combatting antisemitism, did not share any specifics for the leave. Columbia College Dean Josef Sorett said in a statement to the Spectator that he “deeply regret(s)” his role in the texts. “The Dean of Columbia College informed his team yesterday that three administrators have been placed on leave pending a university investigation of the incident that occurred at the College alumni reunion several weeks ago,” a Columbia spokesperson said in a statement to CNN. Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College, said in a statement provided to CNN he was cooperating with the investigation.

Persons: it’s, Columbia College Dean Josef Sorett, “, ”, –, Minouche Shafik, Shafik, Representative Virginia Foxx, ” “, ” Foxx, Josef Sorett, ” Sorett, CNN’s Matt Egan, Artemis Moshtaghian Organizations: CNN — Columbia University, Washington Free Beacon, Columbia Spectator, Columbia College, Spectator, CNN, College alumni, Columbia, “ Columbia College, Hamilton, Representative, Education, Workforce, University, Columbia College Board, Visitors, New York Times Locations: Columbia, Israel

☆ Opinion | Jamaal Bowman’s Political Malpractice
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-24 | by ( Michelle Goldberg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Now Israel’s champions, many of whom have never been comfortable with Bowman, are striking back, capitalizing on a political environment transformed by Oct. 7. Bowman’s challenger is the Westchester County executive, George Latimer, who refuses to criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel, putting Latimer not just to Bowman’s right but also to the right of President Biden and Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader. I think Sanders was exaggerating, but the contest is probably the most important congressional primary this year. It’s setting a precedent for big money interference in local politics and tearing at the longtime progressive alliance between Black people and Jews. There is something deeply admirable about his refusal to subordinate his values to political expediency.

Persons: Jamaal Bowman, Bowman, Eliot Engel, George Latimer, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Latimer, Biden, Chuck Schumer, Emerson, —, Bernie Sanders, Sanders, Hamas’s, he’s Organizations: Democrat, Westchester County, American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s, Israel Locations: New York’s, Israel, Westchester, Vermont, Black, Bronx, America, Gaza

☆ Can Keir Starmer give Britain the change it desperately wants?
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Luke Mcgee | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

Barring a major shock, Labour leader Keir Starmer will be the person walking through the famous black door of 10 Downing Street in less than three weeks’ time. His parents were political, naming their eldest after the first Labour leader in parliament, Keir Hardie. “He’s the first Labour leader in a generation to talk about class and snobbery,” Tom Baldwin, author of “Keir Starmer: The Biography,” told CNN. Jeremy Corbyn, then the Labour leader, made Starmer his Brexit chief following the 2016 referendum. Starmer, left, and then-Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn talk to the media at the EU Commission headquarters on March 21, 2019 in Brussels, Belgium.

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☆ Opinion: Destined to be a lame duck
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Richard Galant | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

We’re looking back at the strongest, smartest opinion takes of the week from CNN and other outlets. When Biden and Trump meet in a debate on CNN Thursday, expect part of the audience to be wondering exactly who and what will come next. Biden, who’s battling low approval ratings, is sticking with Vice President Kamala Harris, whose polls are also bleak. There were 28, and we’ve had 11 so far this year, Bridget Johnson noted in the first of a CNN Opinion series about America’s preparedness. “It’s a measure of his hold on American society that he’s still revered a half-century later,” wrote Frederic J. Frommer.

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☆ Opinion: Anti-Israel protests encourage Jews to turn toward Zionism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Opinion Mijal Bitton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Editor’s Note: Mijal Bitton, PhD, is the spiritual leader of the Downtown Minyan in New York City and a sociologist of American Jews. I have heard from many young Jews around America newly awakened to their Judaism. These young Jews have different backgrounds and political views, but they share the life-altering experience of deep disillusionment with previous professional or social homes. Young American Jews today are realizing that they, too, can be made to feel unwanted in their own homes. But for most of us American Jews, Zionism is the belief that Jews have a right to self-determination in their historical homeland.

Persons: Bitton, CNN —, Israel, Mijal, Nir Arieli, “, Magen Davids, dogtags, don’t, —, I’ve, “ Hitler, ”, it’s Organizations: Downtown, CNN, Nova, White, New York University, Young, Jewish, Hamas, UC Santa Barbara Jewish, UCLA, Columbia, Twitter, Facebook Locations: New York City, United States, France, Israel, Lower Manhattan, Washington, New York, America, Europe, israel, Poland

☆ Warnings signs for Biden’s Jewish support as war in Gaza drags on and antisemitism rises
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-23 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Still, conversations about a possible drift toward Donald Trump, though, are evident in the several Jewish elected Democratic leaders who grimaced and ducked when asked by CNN to discuss their sense of Jewish support for Biden. Talking with Jewish voters in Michigan, “I’ve had a couple of people say point blank, ‘How could any Jew vote for a Democrat?’” said Troy Zukowski, the West Michigan chair of the Michigan Jewish Democrats. The president does have some key Jewish voices of support in important places. Trump’s support among Jewish voters in 2020, at 30% according to Associated Press exit polls, was the highest for a Republican presidential candidate in decades. The expected central theme of that effort, according to one of the people involved, will be: As a Jewish American, do you feel safer than you did four years ago?

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☆ Tree of Life Synagogue to Break Ground on New Sanctuary, and New Mission
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Campbell Robertson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Debates over antisemitism have flared for months on college campuses, in local government meetings and in Congress, in many cases boiling down to bitter disagreements over what is, and what is not, antisemitism. There was no such argument five and a half years ago in Pittsburgh. When 11 worshipers were killed at the Tree of Life synagogue on Oct. 27, 2018, the gunman who carried out the massacre was blunt in his bigotry, declaring beforehand on social media that he was acting out of a conviction that Jewish people were conspiring to replace the white race. On Sunday, members of the Tree of Life congregation will gather to break ground for a memorial and a new Tree of Life building. It is a story that has gotten more complicated to tell since the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and the war that has followed.

Persons: Daniel Libeskind Locations: Pittsburgh, America, Israel

☆ 3 Columbia Deans Placed on Leave Over Conduct at Antisemitism Panel
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-22 | by ( Hurubie Meko | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Columbia University placed three administrators on leave this week while the school investigated their conduct at an alumni panel discussion on antisemitism last month, according to a university spokesman. The administrators were placed on leave after leaked images emerged last week showing the trio sharing disparaging text messages during the event. The panel, which focused on Jewish life on campus amid tensions over Israel’s war in Gaza, occurred during a Columbia College reunion on May 31. Ms. Chang-Kim also exchanged texts during the event with Josef Sorett, the dean of Columbia College, according to The Free Beacon. In one exchange, Mr. Sorett texted “LMAO,” for “laughing my ass off,” in response to a sarcastic message Ms. Chang-Kim had written about Brian Cohen, the executive director of Columbia/Barnard Hillel, according to The Free Beacon.

Persons: Susan Chang, Kim, Cristen Kromm, Matthew Patashnick, . Chang, Josef Sorett, Sorett, Chang, Brian Cohen, Barnard Hillel Organizations: Columbia University, Columbia College, The Washington Free Beacon, The, Columbia Locations: Gaza

☆ Opinion: My uncle Nate was lost on D-Day. At last, he is being buried with honor
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Opinion Samantha Baskind | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Uncle Nate was Jewish. German war records told a different story: Nate was taken prisoner and died of his wounds at a German Airforce hospital. “Did they find Uncle Nate’s femur yet, Mom?” my daughter Naomi would ask while eating her salad. And after the match: “Have you picked Uncle Nate’s coffin yet?” Asher wants to know. Uncle Nate fought for our freedoms, and his death reminds us that freedom is never free.

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☆ At Stanford, 2 Reports on Bias Show Extent of Divide Between Jews and Muslims
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Anemona Hartocollis | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Stanford released on Thursday dueling reports on campus culture — one on antisemitism and the other on anti-Muslim bias — that revealed mirroring images of campus life in recent months that may be impossible to reconcile. One report found that antisemitism has been pervasive at the university in both overt and subtle ways, while the other stated that the school had stifled free speech among pro-Palestinian students and faculty. They were emblematic of the rift between Jewish and Muslim groups on campus, and showed that any kind of accord between the two groups and the university were distant. As students across the nation marched on campus, set up encampments and, in some cases, got arrested, universities were met with the difficult challenge of balancing students’ right to free speech and campus safety. At Stanford, 13 pro-Palestinian protesters were arrested a few weeks ago after barricading themselves in the president’s office.

Persons: Stanford, Israel counterprotests Organizations: Stanford Locations: Jewish, Gaza

☆ French Election Becomes ‘Nightmare’ for Nation’s Jews
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( Roger Cohen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The alleged rape last weekend of a 12-year-old Jewish girl by boys who hurled antisemitic abuse at her has ignited simmering tensions in France over attitudes toward the largest Jewish community in Western Europe. President Emmanuel Macron, a centrist whose decision to call snap elections this month shocked even his closest allies, responded by denouncing the “scourge of antisemitism” in French schools. In the most recent one that shocked the country, the three boys are said to have dragged the girl into an abandoned building where she was repeatedly raped and insulted. The three boys, ages 12 and 13, one of them previously known to the girl, are being investigated for rape, death threats and insults “aggravated by their link to the victim’s religion,” a prosecutor’s statement on Wednesday said. Two of them have been placed in pretrial detention, it added.

Persons: Emmanuel Macron, Gabriel Attal, Jean, Luc Mélenchon, “ Locations: France, Western Europe

☆ Pfizer & Palantir CEOs speak out on Israel-Hamas war and antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPfizer & Palantir CEOs speak out on Israel-Hamas war and antisemitismAlex Karp, Palantir CEO and Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, sit down with CNBC's Sara Eisen to discuss the Israel-Hamas War and antisemitism.

Persons: Alex Karp, Palantir, Albert Bourla, CNBC's Sara Eisen Organizations: Pfizer, Palantir Locations: Israel

CNN —Allegations that three boys gang-raped a 12-year-old Jewish girl in northern France have triggered an outcry over surging antisemitism in the country, a key issue in the looming French parliamentary elections this month. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office announced Wednesday that it has launched an inquiry into the alleged “aggravated rape” of a minor, after receiving “reports from a 12-year-old girl” of the incident on June 15. The third boy has been placed under “assisted witness” status in relation to the alleged rape, the prosecutor added. The alleged attack took place as the girl tried to return home after meeting a friend. Protesters carried placards with slogans such as “Raped at 12 because she was Jewish,” and “Anti-Semitism is not residual,” and listened to speeches from Jewish rights activists in attendance.

Persons: Emmanual Macron, “, BFMTV, Gerald Darmanin, Jordan Bardella, ” Bardella, Pen, Emmanuel Macron, André, Gabriel Attal, Jean, Luc Melenchon, ” Attal, ” Melenchon Organizations: CNN, French, Senate, National Rally, Getty, TF1, BFMTV, Conseil, juives de Locations: France, Nanterre, Gaza, Elysee, Paris, Israel, Paris’s, juives, juives de France

☆ Palantir and Pfizer CEOs meet U.S. Senators to press for Israel support and hostage release
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-20 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailPalantir and Pfizer CEOs meet U.S. Senators to press for Israel support and hostage releaseAlex Karp, Palantir CEO and Albert Bourla, Pfizer CEO, sit down with CNBC's Sara Eisen to discuss the Israel-Hamas War and antisemitism.

Persons: Alex Karp, Palantir, Albert Bourla, CNBC's Sara Eisen Organizations: Pfizer, U.S, Senators Locations: Israel

☆ Wikipedia editors label the ADL as an unreliable source on the Israel-Palestine conflict
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-19 | by ( David Goldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —Wikipedia’s editors declared that the Anti-Defamation League cannot be trusted to give reliable information on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and they overwhelmingly said the ADL is an unreliable source on antisemitism. The editors, a group of volunteer moderators for one of the world’s most popular information websites, voted last week to label the ADL as a “generally unreliable” source on the Israel-Palestine conflict. Other generally unreliable sources, according to Wikipedia editors, include Russian state media, Fox News’ political coverage and Amazon reviews. The ADL also faces a vote from Wikipedia editors to potentially label the organization as unreliable on the topic of antisemitism. “Antizionism is a negation of Jewish history, a denial of Jewish humanity.”That didn’t sit well with Wikipedia’s editors.

Persons: CNN —, “, ”, refutations, Jonathan Greenblatt, James Loeffler, ” Greenblatt, ” Loeffler Organizations: CNN, Defamation, ADL, Fox News, Israel, White, John Hopkins University, ADL “ Locations: Israel, Palestine, Hate, Gaza

☆ ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on the rise of severe hate online: The numbers are staggering
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt on the rise of severe hate online: The numbers are staggeringAnti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the new ADL report showing a 22% increase in severe online harassment over the past 12 months, an increase from 18% in 2023, the rise in antisemitism around the country, and more.

Persons: Jonathan Greenblatt Organizations: Defamation, ADL

☆ Michigan and CUNY Mishandled Discrimination Complaints, Education Dept. Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-17 | by ( Zach Montague | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The University of Michigan and the City University of New York mishandled complaints of discrimination on campus during widespread protests over the war in Gaza, the Education Department announced on Monday. The department’s Office for Civil Rights has opened dozens of investigations into antisemitism and anti-Arab discrimination as students held rallies and set up encampments in support of Palestinians and called for their schools to divest from Israel. The Michigan and New York cases were only the first to reach a conclusion. More are expected to finish in the coming weeks and months as schools continue to reckon with the limits of free speech in academic settings. Under the terms of the agreements announced on Monday, the schools must step up their reporting of complaints to the Office for Civil Rights and revisit their training of employees, including campus police officers, about their obligations under federal law.

Organizations: University of Michigan, City University of New, Education Department, Civil Rights, Office Locations: City University of New York, Gaza, Israel, The Michigan, New York

☆ Elon Musk says Tesla shareholders have re-approved his pay package worth billions that a judge struck down
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-13 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

New York CNN —Elon Musk said late on Wednesday that Tesla shareholders have re-approved a pay package worth billions that was already thrown out by a Delaware judge earlier this year in a vote that also approved moving Tesla to Texas. “Both Tesla shareholder resolutions are currently passing by wide margins! He famously bought social media platform Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, selling $22.9 billion of his Tesla shares to help fund that purchase. But perhaps a more serious concern among Tesla shareholders is the pioneering electric car company itself. Even with Musk’s pay package again endorsed by shareholders, the Delaware court could still have the final say.

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☆ Protest outside New York exhibition on those killed at Israel music festival was ‘really heartbreaking,’ spokesperson says
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-12 | by ( Zenebou Sylla | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —A Monday night demonstration outside an exhibition that pays tribute to those killed at an Israeli music festival last year is “really heartbreaking for everyone involved,” an exhibition spokesperson says. “It was pretty surreal that this protest took place outside of exhibition commemorating hundreds of lives of people that were lost,” the spokesperson, Michelle Rojas, told CNN Monday. The exhibition commemorates those killed at the Nova Music Festival in Israel during the October 7 attacks by Hamas. The protest was part of a “Citywide Day of Rage for Gaza,” in which pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrated outside museums across New York City on Monday. Multiple protesters were taken into custody, and 23 were released with criminal court summons, according to the New York City Police Department.

Persons: ”, Michelle Rojas, Israel, Eric Adams, “, ” Adams, Andrew Bates, Bates, Biden, Rojas, ” Rojas Organizations: CNN, Nova Music, Brooklyn Museum, Hamas, New York City Police Department, New, New York City, Yorker, Nova, NYPD, House, Holocaust Locations: Israel, Gaza, ”, New York City, New York, York, United States

On March 9, 1965, at the foot of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., the Rev. In the years since their passing, we have often been asked what they would say on issues and events. We know they would march against the rolling back of civil rights and voting rights. We have never needed their counsel more than in these past awful months, since Oct. 7. Our hearts are broken by the hatred, violence and loss of life in Israel and Gaza.

Persons: Edmund Pettus Bridge, Martin Luther King Jr, Ralph David Abernathy, Rabbi Israel Dresner, King’s, “, ” Abernathy, Dresner, Abernathy Organizations: - Jewish Locations: Selma, Ala, Montgomery, Israel, Gaza

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