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A Kent State professor who described the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel as a “miracle” and claimed Israelis “shall be defeated” is still slated to teach multiple classes next semester, Liberty Affair has uncovered. The professor, Imam Nader Taha, delivered a sermon at the Islamic Society of Akron and
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A tenured professor at the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco has filed a lawsuit against the school, alleging she was punished for expressing pro-Israel views and for refusing to conform to what she describes as its “pro-Hamas orthodoxy.” Professor Karen Fiss, who has taught fine art
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A professor at New York University (NYU) in Manhattan faces a Title VI discrimination complaint after canceling her final classes to protest Israel, urging her students to join her at a pro-Palestine rally instead of completing their coursework. Dr. Linda Luu, a Vietnamese scholar who teaches women’s studies, emailed
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Never before seen footage of the University of Michigan’s Middle Eastern (MENA) graduation ceremony in May reveals that the recently fired antisemitic professor chose to create a special graduation ceremony for Middle Eastern students after the October 7 attack on Israel. Rachel Dawson, former Director of the UMich Office
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A diversity official at the University of Michigan Ann-Arbor (UMich) has been terminated from her cushy position at the school after she was accused by two colleagues of antisemitism. The official — Rachel Dawson, who was the Executive Director of the University of Michigan's Diversity Center until last week
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An Iowa history teacher is facing criticism after banning students from making “Nazi or Holocaust references” and prohibiting the use of a number of trending words, such as “Hawk Tuah,” “Ohio,” and “Sigma.” The teacher, Leah Elyse Ingraham — a 7th-grade teacher in the Fremont Mills Community School District — came under
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More than 150 people marched through Lower Manhattan on Sunday, demanding that colleges take action on anti-Jew hatred and to demand accountability for previous incidents of campus hate crimes. The group behind the protest— Mothers Against Campus Antisemitism, or MACA for short — met at 11am by the Washington Square Arch.
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A coalition of activists, lawyers, parents and other concerned individuals will take to the streets this Sunday to demand action against the surge of antisemitic incidents on college campuses. Starting at 11 a.m. at New York University (NYU), the group will march through Manhattan, stopping at several campuses to
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A professor at Lusail University in Qatar who also runs a United Nations recognized NGO recently praised Hamas for their surge in popularity and “pragmatism” after October 7, 2023, when Hamas killed over 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped over 250 innocent civilians. The professor — Tarek Hamoud, who teaches political science
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*Editor's Note (Nov. 27, 2024): This article has been updated to reflect uncertainty regarding whether Mr. Aqrabawi has been fired from his position at MIT. As of this writing, neither Mr. Aqrabawi nor MIT has responded to requests for comment. A neuroscientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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A tenured professor at Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania has been fired after making numerous antisemitic and anti-Zionist remarks. At least eight Jewish students complained to the university, stating that her rhetoric made them feel unsafe. Maura Finkelstein, who taught anthropology, first faced scrutiny after a student noticed her re-posting anti-Israel
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79,000 people petitioned for his dismissal, but at Columbia University, he’s still teaching.