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    Campus Echo Chambers Lay Groundwork for Antisemitism

    During a hearing this week on the rise in antisemitism on college campuses, Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis., said a lack of ideological diversity contributed to the hateful educational environment endured by Jewish students since the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks in Israel by Hamas.  He’s right.  A recent poll found that 73% of Jewish college students and about 44%…
    Sara Garstka
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    Why Are Federally Funded University Centers Pushing Antisemitism?

    The federal Department of Education spends $75 million annually on foreign language and culture educational programs in the United States, but much of that funds academic centers that side with America’s antagonists and enemies. Just look at funding to study the Middle East. Beginning Oct. 20, university Middle Eastern studies centers have co-organized a weekly…
    Adam Kissel
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    The Antisemitism of the University Double Standard

    A central feature of antisemitism is the application of a double standard by treating Jews differently from how other groups would be treated in similar circumstances. By this definition, antisemitism is a common practice at universities. My recent experience at the University of Arkansas helps illustrate the problem. When Donald Trump was elected president in…
    Jay Greene
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    The Ideas Behind the Surge of Antisemitism on America’s Campuses

    On the Senate floor Wednesday, Sen. Eric Schmitt delivered a speech about the recent wave of antisemitism from college students, and the ideologies driving it. Watch the speech, above, or read his remarks, lightly edited: I rise to bring attention to a problem that’s plaguing our great country. Americans and the rest of the world…
    Eric Schmitt
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    Reporting of Antisemitism, Anti-Israel Bias Gets Short Shrift From Media

    On the morning of Oct. 21, a 40-year-old synagogue president in Detroit named Samantha Woll was found stabbed to death outside her home. It appeared she had been attacked inside, and stumbled outside before being discovered the next morning.  In the wake of the horrific Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attack in Israel, it was inevitable…
    Steve Krakauer
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    ‘End the Occupation!’ Chants Derail House Hearing on Antisemitism

    Anti-Israel protesters briefly derailed a House Judiciary Committee hearing on free speech and antisemitism on college campuses Wednesday morning. Right after committee chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, swore in the witnesses, a protester shot up, holding a sign reading “Pro-Palestine [doesn’t equal] antisemitism.” The protester shouted something about “genocide,” adding, “Over 10,000 people have been…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    The ‘Christian Duty’ to Call Out Antisemitism

    Roman Catholics and all Christians must push back against antisemitism, especially now because of the rising violence and threats around the world directed against Jewish people, declared Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts. “This ultimately is the plea: to lean into our institutions in which there is truth and beauty and goodness and to use those…
    Lucy Gilbert
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    5 Takeaways as Senate Grills FBI, DHS Chiefs on Terrorism, Antisemitism, Border, Big Tech

    Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray at times painted a scary picture during their Halloween testimony on Capitol Hill.  The two Biden administration officials fielded questions Tuesday from members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.  Wray warned about possible terrorist attacks on U.S. soil by Hamas or other…
    Fred Lucas
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    Biden Admin Takes Steps to Combat Antisemitism on College Campuses

    President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled a new plan Monday to combat the “alarming” rise in antisemitic rhetoric and violence on college campuses since the brutal Hamas attacks on Israel. Across the nation, pro-Palestinian students (often affiliated with Students for Justice in Palestine groups) have held protests that support the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel and call for the…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Does White House Have Antisemitism-Phobia?

    There are times when the Biden administration expresses categorical, unequivocal support for Israel’s war of survival against the Iran-backed terrorist group Hamas. “Enough is enough should have been the case with Hamas two weeks ago,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday. “It would be good to hear the entire world speaking clearly and with one…
    Joshua Arnold
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    Democratic Senator Blocks Hawley Resolution Condemning Antisemitism on College Campuses

    Maryland Democratic Sen. Chris Van Hollen blocked a resolution from Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley that would have condemned antisemitic student activities on college campuses. Hawley introduced a Senate Resolution on Thursday condemning antisemitic student groups' protests against Israel, protests that often celebrate and justify the Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel. “We must stand together…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    Ted Cruz Slams Harvard, ‘Elite’ Universities for ‘Dangerous’ Antisemitism

    Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz deeply criticized his alma mater, Harvard University, as well as other "elite" universities whose students have embraced anti-semitic rhetoric and actions in recent weeks. "Sadly, there are few places on earth with more vicious antisemitism and hatred of Israel than American ‘elite’ universities," Cruz said in a statement Wednesday. "It’s…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    GOP Resolution Forces Most Dems to Condemn Antisemitism

    A number of high-profile Democrats voted Tuesday against a resolution that condemns antisemitism and declares that Israel is not a "racist or apartheid state." Nine Democrats voted against HR 57, "Expressing the sense of Congress supporting the State of Israel": Jamaal Bowman of New York, Cori Bush of Missouri, Andre Carson of Indiana, Summer Lee…
    Mary Margaret Olohan
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    EXCLUSIVE: Why Did Biden’s Antisemitism Strategy Involve CAIR? New Tolerance Campaign Demands Answers.

    FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—A nonpartisan group dedicated to applying equal standards of tolerance sent a letter to President Joe Biden on Wednesday, demanding answers as to why the White House touted the involvement of the Council on American-Islamic Relations in the implementation of its National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. “That a recognized antisemitic organization…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Antisemitism Is Rising in America, Left and Right. The Bible Helps Explain Why, Philos Project Leader Says.

    ORLANDO, Fla.—The greatest tool for fighting antisemitism is the Bible, and Jew-hatred is on the rise in the U.S. because Americans are less and less familiar with the holy text, a Christian leader warns. Antisemitism “is on the rise in general,” Luke Moon, deputy director at The Philos Project and leader of Philos Action League,…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    DISTORTED PICTURE: Biden Antisemitism Push Celebrates CAIR, SPLC, Ignores Left-Wing Jew-Hatred

    President Joe Biden released a national strategy to combat antisemitism touting commitments from organizations that have attacked Jewish groups while declining to mention a single Orthodox Jewish group and failing to unequivocally condemn attacks on Israel as antisemitic, just hours before religiously observant Jews had to unplug for a 48-hour festival. "It came out a…
    Tyler O’Neil
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    Here’s How the Federal Government Is Funding Antisemitism With Your Tax Dollars

    “There is an epidemic of hate facing our country. We’re seeing a rapid rise in antisemitic rhetoric and acts,” said Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff at a roundtable on combatting antisemitism that he convened last month. While he’s right about the epidemic of antisemitism, he and the Biden administration are entirely wrong about the cause. It’s…
    Jason Bedrick
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    The New, New Antisemitism

    The old antisemitism was more a right-wing than a left-wing phenomenon—perhaps best personified by the now-withered Ku Klux Klan. A new antisemitism followed from the campus leftism of the 1960s. It arose from and was masked by a general hatred of Israel, following the Jewish state’s incredible victory in the 1967 Six-Day War. That lopsided…
    Victor Davis Hanson
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    Kanye West, Antisemitism, and Candace Owens

    Let’s begin with an indisputable fact. What Kanye West, aka Ye, is saying about Jews is antisemitic. Why? Because “the Jews run everything” is pure libel. That’s why Jews are not paranoid in being deeply troubled by such sentiments. If widely believed, they will almost inevitably lead to persecution of Jews. Now, let’s turn to…
    Dennis Prager
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    Geico Cancels Event With Linda Sarsour Under Pressure From Groups Fighting Antisemitism

    Insurance company Geico apologized Thursday for inviting Linda Sarsour to speak at a company event celebrating Middle Eastern and North African Heritage Month. Several groups working to combat antisemitism criticized the inclusion of Sarsour, whom many consider to be an antisemite, prompting Geico to cancel the event and publicly apologize. “We apologize to our employees,…
    Laurel Duggan
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