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Council Member Inna Vernikov brings a resolution to create an annual 'End Jew Hatred' day in the New York City Council on April 27, 2023. (New York City Council Flickr via JTA)
November 2, 2023, 11:50 pm
NYC councilwoman charged for toting gun at protest against pro-Palestinian rally
Inna Vernikov, a Ukrainian Jewish immigrant, was photographed at Brooklyn College rally last month with weapon, but her lawyer argues image could have been altered by AI
By AP and ToI Staff
Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
March 2, 2019, 6:15 pm
Sanders to draw on Brooklyn background for 2020 campaign launch
Senator will make first stop in New York borough as he seeks to showcase his story as the son of Jewish immigrants for US presidential campaign kick-off
By JUANA SUMMERS
Interior of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: CC-BY-SA AgnosticPreachersKid, Wikimedia Commons)
November 10, 2016, 9:34 am
Yaffa Eliach, pioneering Holocaust historian, dies at 79
The survivors ‘Tower of Faces’ exhibit, at the US Holocaust Museum, commemorates 3,500 murdered Jews of her birthplace
By JTA
East quad of Brooklyn College, in New York City. (Gabriel Liendo/Wikimedia Commons)
June 11, 2016, 6:16 am
No one heard student yell ‘Zionist pig’ at faculty member, Brooklyn College finds
Investigation into February 16 protest finds student called council chair Yedidyah Langsam ‘Zionist’ or ‘Zionist Jew’
By JTA
A 2014 Middle East Monitor cartoon shows an Israeli war plane bombing Gaza while a 'BDS' missile heads toward the plane. (Courtesy)
March 18, 2016, 3:34 pm
‘Apartheid Week’ really does threaten Israel, some experts warn
Going against prevailing wisdom, pro-Israel voices sound the alarm on Students for Justice in Palestine’s flagship project, saying the annual campus onslaught fuels attacks on Jewish students, erodes support for Israel
By Matt Lebovic
Anti-Israel students at Columbia University erected a mock 'apartheid wall' in front of the iconic Low Library steps during Israel Apartheid Week, March 3, 2016. (Uriel Heilman)
March 15, 2016, 9:20 pm
On Israel Apartheid Week, many pro-Israel students choose silence over conflict
Facing what has become an annual fixture, some activists say the best strategy is to ignore the demos, lectures and ‘apartheid walls’
By Uriel Heilman
East quad of Brooklyn College, in New York City. (Gabriel Liendo/Wikimedia Commons)
March 4, 2016, 8:07 pm
CUNY holds anti-Semitism probe after ‘Zionist pig’ incident
Investigation sparked when Brooklyn College students allegedly slur professor, demand ‘Zionists’ leave campus
By JTA
East quad of Brooklyn College, in New York City. (Gabriel Liendo/Wikimedia Commons)
February 20, 2016, 1:46 am
Brooklyn lawmaker: Discipline students who said ‘Zionists off campus’
Assemblyman Dov Hikind calls on Brooklyn College to reprimand protesters who interrupted faculty meet with anti-Israel remarks
By JTA
East quad of Brooklyn College, in New York City. (Gabriel Liendo/Wikimedia Commons)
February 18, 2016, 2:24 am
Brooklyn College students demand ‘Zionists off campus’
Group of activists barges in on faculty meeting, calls Jewish professor ‘Zionist pig,’ demands end to ‘racist’ classes
By JTA
Melanie Goldberg
November 17, 2014, 12:50 pm
Melanie Goldberg
Who silenced whom at Brooklyn College?
Wait, Zionists suppress discourse on the Palestinian struggle? Are you kidding?
East quad of Brooklyn College, in New York City. (Gabriel Liendo/Wikimedia Commons)
March 10, 2014, 12:27 am
After BDS controversy, college issues guidelines
Event organizers must now be affiliated with Brooklyn College, after students were ejected from boycott Israel meeting
By JTA
Brooklyn College clock tower. (photo credit: Salim Virji/CC BY-SA)
April 18, 2013, 9:24 pm
Brooklyn College cleared of discrimination charge over BDS event
Panel report finds the school did not remove four students from an Israel divestment discussion because they were Jewish
Shmuley Boteach
February 25, 2013, 11:53 am
Shmuley Boteach
Where are Israel’s intrepid defenders?
AIPAC and other advocacy groups must battle – not appease – those working to delegitimize the Jewish state
Dani Klein
February 13, 2013, 4:02 pm
Dani Klein
Brooklyn College: how not to advocate for Israel
Turning the BDS event into a free speech issue harmed the pro-Israel cause
Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (photo credit: Orel Cohen/Flash90/File)
February 6, 2013, 11:41 pm
NYC mayor says BDS apostles should speak on campus
Bloomberg stresses antipathy to anti-Israel ideas, but highlights the need for academic freedom at Brooklyn College event
By Aaron Kalman
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