#CUNY profs plotted to exclude Jew from meeting: probe

#CUNY profs plotted to exclude Jew from meeting: probe

“#CUNY profs plotted to exclude Jew from meeting: probe” In a petty feud more reminiscent of grade school, a group of liberal faculty members at CUNY’s Kingsborough Community College allegedly plotted to exclude a more conservative orthodox Jewish professor from appearing at a meeting by deliberately scheduling it on a Friday night so he couldn’t…

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#Roald Dahl’s family issues apology for author’s anti-Semitism

#Roald Dahl’s family issues apology for author’s anti-Semitism

“#Roald Dahl’s family issues apology for author’s anti-Semitism” The family of Roald Dahl, who penned the children’s classics “Matilda” and “James and the Giant Peach,” has quietly apologized for the late writer’s “prejudiced” anti-Semitic comments. Dahl, who died at age 74 in 1990, had made offensive declarations in several interviews, including a 1983 interview with…

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#Feds sue NY town for alleged anti-Semitic zoning laws

#Feds sue NY town for alleged anti-Semitic zoning laws

“#Feds sue NY town for alleged anti-Semitic zoning laws” An New York town’s building laws are engineered to discriminate against Jews, federal prosecutors are alleging — in the third lawsuit against upstate Airmont in as many decades. The Manhattan US attorney’s office has sued the town of Airmont for anti-Semitism for the third time in…

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#Rashida Tlaib’s all-too-telling anti-Israel tweet

#Rashida Tlaib’s all-too-telling anti-Israel tweet

“#Rashida Tlaib’s all-too-telling anti-Israel tweet” Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib insists she’s not an anti-Semite but keeps proving otherwise. The latest was her since-deleted retweet, in recognition of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on Nov. 29, of an illustration captioned “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free.” That phrase is…

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#Education Department investigating anti-Semitism at Illinois

#Education Department investigating anti-Semitism at Illinois

“#Education Department investigating anti-Semitism at Illinois” URBANA, Ill. — Allegations of anti-Semitism at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign are being investigated by the U.S. Department of Education, university officials said Monday. Spokesman Robin Kaler said the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights notified the university of the investigation on Friday. Allegations filed with the…

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#NYPD probe anti-female, anti-Semitic slur against pol Seawright

#NYPD probe anti-female, anti-Semitic slur against pol Seawright

“#NYPD probe anti-female, anti-Semitic slur against pol Seawright” Police are hunting for a bigot who defaced state Assemblywoman Rebecca Seawright’s campaign posters on the Upper East Side with misogynistic and anti-Semitic slurs. The damaged posters were spotted election night at York Avenue and 78th Street, according to the police complaint. The bigot scrawled “Baptise [sic]…

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