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- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
Tag Archives: University of Chicago
Going against the grain, University of Chicago dean-with-a-spine tells incoming freshmen “Brace yourself for hearing other points of view”
CHICAGO TRIBUNE U. of C. tells incoming freshmen it does not support ‘trigger warnings’ or ‘safe spaces’ by Leonor Vivanco and Dawn Rhodes August 25, 2016 …As colleges across the country wrestle with balancing academic freedom and open discourse with … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged John Ellison, safe spaces, trigger warnings, University of Chicago
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University of Chicago passes #BDS resolution against Israel [VIDEO]
ALGEMEINER ‘Vote Was About Denying Israel’s Right to Exist,’ Opponents Say After BDS Passes at U of Chicago by Andrew Pessin April 13, 2016 The student government at the University of Chicago (UC) passed a Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged BDS, Boycott Divest Sanctions, University of Chicago
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How campus brownshirts make sure only one side is heard in the Israeli/Palestinian debate
FRONT PAGE MAG The Lie of Academic Free Speech Richard L. Cravatts March 25, 2016 When GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump’s March 11th rally at the University of Chicago Pavilion was shut down last week by hundreds of leftist protestors, comprised … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Chicago, Donald Trump, Islamophobe, neo-Nazi, Palestinian, Racist, University of Chicago
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At University of Chicago, the latest example of Palestinian abuse
JERUSALEM POST The lie of pro-Palestinian activism by Caroline Glick February 22, 2016 Last Thursday, yet again, we learned that pro-Palestinian activists couldn’t care less about Palestinians. For them, the Palestinians whose rights they claim to champion are nothing more than … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged Bassam Eid, Palestinian, University of Chicago
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University of Chicago: Palestinian on campus shouted down for supporting Israel [VIDEO]
JEWISH PRESS Pal-Arab Human Rts Activist Slammed at U Chicago for Insufficient Criticism of Israel by Lori Lowenthal Marcus February 22, 2016 It would be funny if it weren’t so serious. Yet again a campus speaker is slammed and silenced … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged Bassem Eid, Palestinian, University of Chicago
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Open letter to BDS supporters Professors Steven Levitsky of Harvard and Glen Weyl of University of Chicago
YNET NEWS An open letter to the boycotting professors by Yoaz Hendel November 1, 2015 I write to you after reading an article you published in the Washington Post under the headline “We are lifelong Zionists. Here’s why we’ve chosen … Continue reading
University of Chicago parody poster: ‘Stabbing Jews for Peace’
TRUTH REVOLT ‘Stabbing Jews for Peace’ Posters Skewer Pro-Palestinian Campus Group by Mark Tapson October 22, 2015 The University of Chicago was the scene this week of a “poster debate” about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the mysterious appearance of posters skewering a pro-Palestinian … Continue reading
U. Chicago defeats anti-Israel academic boycott one drop of water at a time
LEGAL INSURRECTION by William A. Jacobson January 2, 2015 When talking about the obsessive-compulsive haters of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divest and Sanctions movement, it’s easy to focus on opposing what they do. In fact, this weekend at the American Historical … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Politics
Tagged Arava, BDS, Ben Gurion University, University of Chicago
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The Middle East realists: Old and new
ISRAEL HAYOM by Richard Baehr December 14, 2014 Professor Stephen Walt of Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Professor John Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago like to call themselves foreign policy realists. Realists are, in their … Continue reading