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Irvine Jews speak out

By Ben Harris · March 18, 2010

In response to a student government resolution in support of the Irvine 11, Jewish students at the University of California, Irvine brought their concerns directly to the student leadership this week. Jewish students are also pushing for their own resolution that would more generally endorse the right "to meet in an unrestricted environment." See video below.

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Oren to Irvine: Let’s talk

By Ben Harris · March 9, 2010

Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren has penned an open letter to the students of the University of California, Irvine, where he was plagued by hecklers.

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Protests at Irvine

By Ben Harris · March 3, 2010

Protestors at the University of California, Irvine come out in support of the students arrested for disrupting a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren.

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No anti-Semitism at UCI, says dean

By Ben Harris · February 23, 2010

The more things change ....

5 Comments | Share This | anti-Semitism, Irvine, Michael Drake, Michael Oren, MSU

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The Irvine 11 (UPDATED)

By Ben Harris · February 19, 2010

That, apparently, is how the arrested Irvine students are being described by their supporters on campus.

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Is heckling a right?

By Ben Harris · February 18, 2010

The Council on American Islamic Relations thinks so. The group, along with the National Lawyers Guild (according to its website, a group that is an "effective political and social force in service of the people") has publicly come out and defended the rights of the students arrested at the University of California, Irvine last week, saying that interrupting Oren "falls within the purview of protected speech." This follows a public call for an inquiry by the Muslim Public Affairs Council, whose executive director, though a little more circumspect than CAIR, also described the arrested students in glowing terms, as individuals with "the courage and conscience to stand up against aggression."

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Freedman to Oren: Can I come over and see your house?

By Uriel Heilman · May 21, 2009

Author Samuel Freedman, in a column in the Jerusalem Post, gushes over historian Michael Oren’s appointment as Israel’s new ambassador to the United States and wonders if… um… well… this is a little bit embarassing… Can I come over to your new house in DC with some of my friends?

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Israel’s new man in Washington

By Uriel Heilman · May 5, 2009

The Israeli government’s appointment of historian Michael Oren as Israel’s new ambassador to the United States puts an unusual personage in what is arguably Israel’s most important post overseas.