Comcast Chief Diversity Officer David L Cohen to Step Down – TheWrap
admin | December 7, 2019
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McGill Student Union Rejects Motion Forcing Jewish Student to Resign for Traveling to Israel – The Jewish Press – JewishPress.com
admin | December 7, 2019
Photo Credit: Facebook / Jordyn Wright The board of directors of Canadas McGill Universitys Student Union has rejected the motion to force a Jewish student into canceling her participation on a trip to Israel or resigning from her role in the student society. The Students Society McGill Universitys (SSMU) legislative council had threatened to launch impeachment proceedings against Jordyn Wright, a student of Microbiology and Immunology, if she takes part in the Hillel-sponsored trip to Israel, which includes Judea and Samaria
Don’t Ignore the Debate on This Landmark Internet Law – Associations Now
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With anti-Semitism on college campuses on the rise, advocacy groups are talking about how to fight back – Chattanooga Times Free Press
admin | December 2, 2019
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At ADL conference, a focus on schools, reactions by students and teachers to anti-Semitism – JNS.org
admin | December 2, 2019
(November 27, 2019 / JNS) For many of the attendees at last weeks Never Is Now conference in New York sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League, the global and geopolitical impacts of the uptick in anti-Semitism were front and center of the discussions. And for a significant number, the concern was also about anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism on college campuses, as well as its creep into the middle- and high school spheresa fact that was acknowledged by the presence of 300 high school students who attended the conference. As Jonathan Greenblatt, ADLs CEO and national director, noted in his opening remarks, troubling reports have included high-schoolers who think its amusing to sling Heil Hitler salutes at one another
The ADL survey on anti-Semitism in Poland is highly questionable – The Times of Israel
admin | December 2, 2019
The Anti-Defamation Leagues recent study on anti-Semitism wont help the already strained relations between the Polish and Jewish community. Conducting regular polls on anti-Semitism in the United States for over 50 years, the ADL has, since 2013, gone global with its research, polling people in over 100 countries to determine the levels of anti-Jewish sentiment around the world. Its known as the ADL Global 100: An index of anti-Semitism, and itsmost recent survey was carried out across 18 nations, which included 14 from Europe and four others with significant Jewish populations
FBI: Eight hate crimes reported in Bellevue in 2018 – Bellevue Reporter
admin | December 2, 2019
Recently released data by the FBI shows that an upward trend in the number of hate crimes committed in the state had a slight decline in 2018.
Sacha Baron Cohen is the latest powerful voice to misunderstand Section 230 – The Verge
admin | December 2, 2019
Welcome back to our discussion about platforms and democracy! I had a great time meeting Interface readers last week at the Techonomy conference in Half Moon Bay and the Conference on New Media and Democracy at Tufts University. I also made great progress on a special report I plan to have for you here before the end of the year
Juan Williams: Stephen Miller must be fired | TheHill – The Hill
admin | December 2, 2019
We need to talk about Stephen MillerStephen MillerCNN's Cuomo tries to discredit Trump on overhearing conversations without speakerphone More than 100 Democrats sign letter calling for Stephen Miller to resign Hillary Clinton: 'Every day Stephen Miller remains in the White House is an emergency' MORE. Ive got a lot to say here
This Week in Technology + Press Freedom: Dec. 1, 2019 – Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press
admin | December 2, 2019
We hope you all had a lovely Thanksgiving holiday! This newsletter will be slightly shorter than usual. Heres what the staff of the Technology and Press Freedom Project at the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is tracking this week
