Showing posts with label Antisemitism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Antisemitism. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 19, 2024

Parents Sue California High School Alleging Long History of Tolerating Antisemitism

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Suit was filed last week in a California federal district court by parents of six high school students in the Sequoia Union High School Dist...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Texas Top Court Gives New Trial to Death Row Inmate Because of Trial Judge's Antisemitism

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 In Ex Parte Halprin ,  (TX Ct. Crim. App., Nov. 6, 2024), the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in a 6-3 decision granted a new trial to one ...
Friday, October 11, 2024

Biden Addresses Call to Jewish Leaders Ahead of Yom Kippur

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The Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur begins at sundown this evening.  Last Wednesday, President Biden spoke for over ten minutes ( full text of ...
Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Jewish Students Sue Haverford College Alleging Title VI Violations

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Suit was filed last week in a Pennsylvania federal district court by Jewish students as Haverford College alleging that the college has viol...
Sunday, September 01, 2024

PA Supreme Court: Yard Signs Responding to Neighbors' Antisemitism Protected by Pennsylvania Constitution

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In a 4-2 decision in Oberholzer v. Galapo , (PA Sup. Ct., Aug. 20, 2024), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, relying on the broad free speech p...
Saturday, August 03, 2024

Court Dismisses Title VI Suit Claiming Hostile Environment Affecting Jewish Students At MIT

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In StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice v. Massachusetts Institute of Technology ,  (D MA, July 30, 2024), a Massachusetts federal district ...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Leader in International Neo-Nazi Group Indicted for Soliciting Hate Crimes and Mass Violence

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The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York announced last week the federal indictment of the leader of an internati...

Prison Sentences Imposed in Two Separate Antisemitism Cases

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Yesterday, an Indiana federal district court sentenced 67-year-old Andrezj Boryga to 24 months in prison followed by two years of supervised...
Friday, July 19, 2024

International Representatives Release Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism

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On Wednesday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, representatives of 36 nations and international organizations, including U.S. Special Envoy to Moni...
Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Claims That College Encouraged Jewish Plaintiffs to File Antisemitism Claims Are Dismissed

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As previously reported , five Orthodox Jewish faculty members at New York's Kingsborough Community College are suing the school, the fac...
Thursday, June 06, 2024

UCLA Students Sue University For Failing to Protect Jewish Students

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Three Jewish students at UCLA yesterday filed a civil rights lawsuit in a California federal district court alleging that the University, by...
Wednesday, June 05, 2024

Neo-Nazi Sentenced for Defacing Michigan Synagogue

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 In a press release , the Department of Justice announced yesterday: A Michigan man was sentenced today to 26 months in prison followed by t...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Rabbi Sues Homeowners' Association for Blocking Synagogue Construction

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Suit was filed last week in a Florida federal district court by a Chabad rabbi and related plaintiffs charging a Homeowners' Association...
Friday, May 17, 2024

Congressional Committee Releases Staff Report on Harvard's Response to Antisemitism on Campus

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Yesterday the House Committee on Education and the Workforce released a Staff Report titled Investigative Update-- The Antisemitism Advisory...
Wednesday, May 08, 2024

President Speaks at Holocaust Museum's Ceremony

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President Biden yesterday spoke for nearly 15 minutes at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum's Annual Days of Remembrance Ceremony. ( Ful...
Monday, April 22, 2024

President Biden Issues Passover Statement

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Passover begins this evening. Yesterday President Biden issued a Statement on Passover ( full text ) which says in part: Tomorrow night, Jew...
Wednesday, April 17, 2024

House Brands Palestinian Slogan as Antisemitic

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Yesterday the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 377-44  adopted House Resolution 883 ( full text ) stating that the slogan, "f...
Monday, April 15, 2024

European Court: Failure To Consider Antisemitic Nature of Threats Violated Woman's Rights Under European Convention

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In Allouche v. France, (ECHR, April 11, 2024) ( full text in French ), the European Court of Human Rights in a Chamber Judgment awarded dama...
Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Louis Farrakhan's Suit Against ADL Dismissed

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 In Farrakhan v. Anti-Defamation League , (SD NY, April 5, 2024), a New York federal district court dismissed defamation claims asserted by ...
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Indiana Governor Vetoes Antisemitism Bill for Omitting Examples in Widely-Adopted Definition

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As previously reported , earlier this month the Indiana legislature passed House Enrolled Act 1002 which would amend the state Education Co...