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University leaders among 100+ signatories to Jewish letter decrying Trump’s campus antisemitism wars

JL;DR SUMMARY An open letter from over 100 Jewish signatories, including academics, activists, and writers, criticizes former President Donald Trump's efforts to combat campus antisemitism, which they argue are disingenuous and target pro-Palestinian student activists. 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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ZionismTrump AdministrationFree SpeechCampus ActivismPro PalestinianUniversitiesJewish OppositionDeportations

Places mentioned

Berkeley, California, United States
"The poll, conducted in partnership with the University of California-Berkeley and the University of Rochester, also found that 58% of respondents do not support Israels war in Gaza."
New York, United States
"Khalil, a Columbia University student protest leader in the United States on a green card, had been held for months in immigrant detention before a different federal judge ordered his release in June."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Many others to sign their name are also academics, including Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of UC Berkeleys law school, and David N. Myers, a professor at the University of California-Los Angeles and president of the progressive Zionist group New Israel Fund."
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Dr. Martin S. Hirsch, a leading infectious-disease researcher at Harvard University."
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States
"Barry Trachtenberg and Santiago Slabodsky, endowed chairs of the Jewish Studies programs at Wake Forest University and Hofstra University, respectively."
Chile
"Ariel Dorfman, a Jewish novelist, Duke University professor and former advisor to socialist Chilean president Salvador Allende."

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