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There’s a Jewish judge at the center of Trump’s Harvard showdown. Her grandfather escaped pogroms.

JL;DR SUMMARY Judge Allison D. Burroughs is presiding over a case involving the Trump administration's threat to cut off billions in research funding to Harvard as a measure against alleged antisemitism on campus. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryTrump AdministrationSocial JusticeHarvard UniversityPogromsFederal FundingPolitical WeaponizationJudge Allison D. BurroughsHarry Burroughs

Places mentioned

Portland, Maine, United States
"He stowed away on a ship at age 14, landing in Portland, Maine speaking no English and with no money."
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
"He later made his way to Boston, where he sold newspapers on a Beacon Hill street corner in bitter winters."
Odessa, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
"In his book, Harry described a seminal moment: witnessing a pogrom in Odessa."

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