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POPSBrandeis Student Gov Tables Resolution Commemorating Israel's 60th bday About half of the Brandeis student body identifies itself as Jewish. Brandeis, which has 3,400 undergraduates, was founded by members of the American-Jewish community in 1948, when there were quotas limiting the number of Jewish students at prestigious universities. Via Philip Weiss , who argues this portends a more critical apporach to Israel among young Jewish Americans.
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POPSDePaul denies tenure to Israel critic Shameful. It looks very much like Finkelstein's views played a large role in his denial of tenure, since university officials cited his " tone " as justification to deny Finkelstein tenure. BTW, a committee of faculty from DePaul's political science department looked at Dershowitz's charges and found them to be without merit .
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POPS'Never again' for Armenians too A Los Angeles Times op-ed written by Jewish progressives lamenting the role of Jewish organizations (the ADL, AJC, B'nai B'rith) opposing US Congressional recognition of the Armenian genocide.
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POPSBrandeis censoring speakers? “In 59 years, Brandeis has never had an oversight committee for speakers, nor has it ever needed one,” complained sociology professor Gordon Fellman, who chaired the faculty-student committee that invited Carter. “It doesn’t seem to me we need one now — unless some people want to keep speakers out whose views on the Middle East they find unacceptable.” Via M.J. Rosenberg at TPM Cafe
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POPSRashid Khalidi on the New Palestinian Narrative Now, Khalidi has picked up the tools of his trade -- history -- to ask why the Palestinians have ended up without an independent state of their own. History is a minefield in the Middle East -- a battleground itself. This is Palestinian history -- tough on a people's adversaries, and tough on Palestinians themselves. A search in the past for clues to the future.
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