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The dormant Department of Justice

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The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) has announced that it has finally concluded two of its many pending investigations into Title VI violations of the rights of Jewish students. These investigations were prompted by...
Pro-Palestinian protesters in New York City, following the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, as part of the Black Lives Matter marches at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic across the United States, May 13, 2020. Credit: Luis Yanez/Shutterstock.

How intersectional myths killed the black-Jewish alliance

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For the 1,000 black pastors who have joined a movement to pressure President Joe Biden to force a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas, the issue is solidarity with the “oppressed.” This...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the 1963 Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C., during which he delivered his historic “I Have a Dream” speech, calling for an end to racism, Aug. 28 1963. Credit: Rowland Scherman/National Archives at College Park via Wikimedia Commons.

The king of the free world

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I loved growing up in America. Prior to my first year learning in Israel, I believed that there was no better country in the world. I felt that my values were American values, and...
Matthew Platkin, the attorney general of New Jersey. Credit: Andrew Bruck/official portrait. | Andrew Bruck/official portrait

Decrying man who won’t work for Jews, New Jersey AG cites Islamophobia

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In a statement denouncing a New Jersey man, who said that he would not work for Jews, the state's attorney general and the director of its civil-rights division appeared to suggest that antisemitism requires Islamophobia and...
The White House in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 24, 2020. Credit: LapaiIrKrapai/Shutterstock.

White House announces Civil Rights Act applies to forms of antisemitism

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The Biden administration is touting what it regards as a “landmark” move in the implementation of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. “Eight federal agencies clarified—for the first time in writing—that Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of...
Gadi Taub at the Makor Rishon conference, Dec. 8, 2019. Source: Facebook.

No, the ‘override clause’ won’t ‘crush’ Israeli democracy

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Israel’s outgoing interim prime minister, Yair Lapid, opened his Yesh Atid Party meeting on Monday by addressing the infamous “override clause.” “It will crush the court; it will crush Israeli democracy,” he said, referring to...
From left: World Games Birmingham Organizing Committee CEO Nick Sellars, Birmingham Mayor Randall Woodfin, Israel Deputy Consul General Alex Gandler, United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee Acting General Secretary Azza Sulaiman, Moroccan Political Counselor Fatima Zahra Aboulfaraj and Bahrain Trade Representative Rose Sager receive proclamations at the dedication of the Abraham Accords tree site in Birmingham. Photo by Larry Brook.

Birmingham honors Abraham Accords with ‘peace tree’ during World Games

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The 2022 World Games in Birmingham have been promoted with the slogan of “witness history” in a city that has come together after being a flashpoint of the seemingly intractable civil rights struggle in the early...
Brooklyn College, N.Y. Credit: Creative Family/Shutterstock.

Federal civil-rights officials open investigation into anti-Semitism at Brooklyn College

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The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it has opened a formal investigation into a complaint alleging Jewish students at Brooklyn College have been subjected to severe and persistent...
Gay McDougall. Source: YouTube.

US law professor elected to UN committee criticized for stances on anti-Semitism, Israel

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Gay McDougall, who was elected to serve on the U.N. Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) on Thursday, has elicited concern over her record on anti-Israel bias and anti-Semitism. McDougall, 73, a distinguished...
A billboard in Zambia, 2005. Credit: Lars Plougmann from London, United Kingdom via Wikimedia Commons.

Global freedom on the decline

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Passover is a celebration of freedom, but its underlying story is a salutary reminder that freedom is a fragile thing and that achieving it often requires extraordinary sacrifices. So it seems fitting at a...