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...It’s like living in a war zone,” said Jen Kiok, a member of Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine. “They don’t have freedom in their own neighborhoods...
...were frustrated by only holding silent vigils,” said Nicole Binder, who helped organize the event. “We wanted to do something a little more creative and conspicuous.” The protest was planned by Jewish Women for Justice in Israel/Palestine and the Boston Coalition for Palestinian Rights...
...refers to Afro-American, Asian American, Latino and Native American Studies, has often been connected to minority communities, but the scholarship seeks to diversify the curriculum to examine the experiences and perspectives of all ethnic groups, including “white” ethnic groups such as Irish and Jewish Americans. In essence, ethnic studies is about the fight for academic diversity...
...Arafat, however, is not about to make things easier for Sharon. In a politically savvy shift, the militias of his own Fatah organization have lately been concentrating their fire on Israeli soldiers and settlers outside of the Jewish State's 1967 borders. The reasoning behind the new focus has long been articulated by the likes of Fatah militia leader Marwan Barghouti: Suicide bombings inside Israel unite Israelis, and focus international pressure on restraining Palestinian terror. But attacks on symbols of the occupation - such as settlements and military checkpoints - may be perceived differently, both by many Israelis and by most...
Everyone asked to daydream about the future of Harvard policies first offers the caveat that no one knows exactly what the future holds. “I never make predictions, especially about the future,” confides Jay M. Harris, Wolfson professor of Jewish studies. At the same time, people like Harris are in charge of deciding what the future holds. Harris sits on the Committee on Undergraduate Education (CUE), where he sifts through policy proposals aimed to improve the undergraduate academic experience...