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No anti-Semitism at UCI, says dean

By Ben Harris · February 23, 2010

The more things change .... 

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Limits of free speech

By Ben Harris · February 11, 2010

At a time of mounting free speech tension on American campuses, the University of Oregon provides an interesting case study. 

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By Uriel Heilman · May 5, 2009

Israeli columnist Nahum Barnea is troubled by the anti-Semitism he sees in online talkbacks and comments on U.S. newspapers’ Web sites:

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Britain, infected with anti-Semitism

By Uriel Heilman · April 14, 2009

The infection of anti-Semitism is spreading in England, writes Howard Jacobson in The New Republic.

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Dinner-party anti-Semitism?

By Uriel Heilman · March 5, 2009

When is criticism of Israel not anti-Semitism?

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The return of anti-Semitism

By Lisa Hostein · December 8, 2008

Anti-Semitism, never really dead in Europe, is rearing its ugly head with increasing intensity. And while JTA and the Jewish media have kept a constant watch, the international media appear to be taking note now, too.

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Is tolerance and reconciliation enough?

By Lisa Hostein · November 11, 2008

Is tolerance and reconciliation the antidote to racism and anti-Semitism? With several new initiatives under way to address the age-old problems, both optimists and skeptics abound.

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Cultural takes on the Holocaust

By Lisa Hostein · November 10, 2008

Beyond the predictable remembrances marking the 70th anniversary of Kristallnacht are a wide array of cultural offerings that try, through art, to depict the horrors of the time.

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Money, hate and Jewish values

By Lisa Hostein · October 20, 2008

Fears of an anti-Semitic backlash from the global financial crisis continue to simmer, though evidence beyond the usual anti-Semitic hatemongers is scant.

JTA reported on the domestic fears a few weeks ago and now the ADL has issued a news release citing some worrying examples in the international press.

I often wonder whether giving publicity to these fringe voices does more harm than good.

While Jew-spotting can have its sinister side, it can also be a source of pride when it comes to noting Nobel laureates, as a Ha’aretz columnist points out in his recent piece.

And leave it to Shmuley Boteach to argue that the financial crisis should prompt Jews to re-evaluate our priorities – and our mark on the world in Up against a Wall (Street): The financial crisis and Jewish values.

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Alarms over Durban II

By Lisa Hostein · October 7, 2008

Durban has become a dirty word in some international circles, a reminder of the 2001 U.N. anti-racism conference that devolved into an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish debacle. Now as preparations for a follow-up conference proceed, worries abound that efforts to once again villify Israel and the West are gaining the upper hand.

One U.N. watcher analyzes the latest document to emerge from the pre-conference planners.

Others, too, are sounding the alarm about the latest developments, but the World Jewish Congress is opting for a more optimistic note, hoping that the new High Commissioner for Human Rights will work to avert another failed conference.

As JTA reported back in July, it’s too early to know which groups will prevail – or even show up – in pursuing their agendas, but at least people this time around are paying attention in advance rather than getting caught unprepared like last time.

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