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Federal commission highlights campus antisemitism concern, rebukes WH response
An independent federal commission on civil rights concluded, following a yearlong probe, that campus antisemitism is a “serious and growing civil rights concern,” but also suggested the Trump…
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6mMamdani releases NYC strategy to combat antisemitism, receives mixed response from Jewish community
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s administration on Tuesday released what it calls the country’s first municipal strategy to combat antisemitism, a 30-page plan that provides $7.4 million for security and prevention grants, but declines to adopt a definition of antisemitism and does not address Israel-related hate. The report, titled “Tackling Hate: The Mamdani Administration’s... <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/what-we-are-watching/">Read More</a>
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17mInside NYMag's ink-quisition
This Daily Kickoff explores Texas Democrats' silence on Hasan Piker's UT event, New York magazine's ideological shift, and senators' demands for Meta to combat antisemitism.
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4mRosen, Lankford press Zuckerberg over antisemitic bot accounts on Facebook, Instagram
Sens. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK) wrote to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday pressing him over the company’s failures to address antisemitic bot accounts on its platforms, urging Facebook and Instagram to label posts and users by their country of origin as a particularly important reform. “We write to express grave concerns... <a href="">Read More</a>
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3mMichigan state lawmaker, Jewish Dem leaders join call for El-Sayed to affirm commitment to Jewish safety
Democratic Michigan state Rep. Noah Arbit and 15 other Democratic leaders on Tuesday joined the Nonnegotiable Michigan campaign that is laying out a series of demands for the state’s Democratic Senate nominee, Abdul El-Sayed, related to Jewish safety and Israel’s right to exist. Arbit, one of the most vocal and visible Jewish elected officials in... <a href="">Read More</a>
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4mSounds of silence: Texas Dems decline to speak out against Piker before his UT event
Antisemitic streamer Hasan Piker is scheduled to speak at a University of Texas campus event on Wednesday. Despite the event’s backing from the student Democratic Party group on campus, most Texas Democrats running for office in the historically conservative state have been silent when it comes to speaking out against the far-left influencer. Texas is... <a href="">Read More</a>