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Former Education Dept. OCR officials warn of weakened enforcement as Trump allies defend sweeping approach
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights met in Washington on Thursday to hold its first hearing on campus antisemitism in more than 20 years. The commission — a bipartisan federal fact-finding…
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16mAuthor Theo Baker says he feels more Jewish as a result of antisemitism at Stanford
Theo Baker describes himself as “an accidental journalist.” But at just 21, his writing has already sent shockwaves through the academic world. As a freshman at Stanford University in 2022, he exposed then-President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s decades-long pattern of manipulated data and research in scientific papers he co-authored or supervised, ultimately leading to his resignation. Baker,... <a href="">Read More</a>
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Author Theo Baker says he feels more Jewish as a result of antisemitism at Stanford
Theo Baker describes himself as “an accidental journalist.” But at just 21, his writing has already sent shockwaves through the academic world. As a freshman at Stanford University in 2022, he exposed then-President Marc Tessier-Lavigne’s decades-long pattern of manipulated data and research in scientific papers he co-authored or supervised, ultimately leading to his resignation. Baker,... <a href="">Read More</a>
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28mIsrael's next top security advisor
Today's Daily Kickoff explores Benjamin Netanyahu’s shrinking inner circle, shifts in evangelical support for Israel, and growing concerns over antisemitism in U.S. political spheres and higher education.
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5mNetanyahu’s inner security circle faces transition at pivotal wartime moment
For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has relied on a small, passionately loyal inner circle of advisors — Ron Dermer foremost among them — to provide a sounding board on some of the country’s thorniest security matters. Now, with Dermer (mostly) gone, new elections looming and Israel fighting a multifront war and isolated on... <a href="">Read More</a>
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11mAntisemitism has become ‘instrumentalized’ and ‘institutionalized’ in politics, media and more, Ted Deutch says
Ahead of the American Jewish Committee’s annual Global Forum conference, which begins in Washington on Sunday, the group’s CEO, Ted Deutch, is reflecting on a significantly transformed landscape — in which, he said, antisemitism has become mainstream in politics and circles of power in alarming ways that seemed to leave the longtime former congressman stunned.... <a href="">Read More</a>