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UM Hillel holds candlelight vigil to mourn dead, pray for peace

Members of the University of Mississippi Hillel, a Jewish campus organization, held candles and offered prayers for Israelis, Palestinians and peace in a vigil held at the Paris-Yates Chapel on Thursday, Oct

October 13, 2023

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OPINION: Smearing of Ilhan Omar isn’t about anti-Semitism

Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar has been in hot water recently, with accusations of anti-Semitism coming from both parties. The controversy erupted last month after Omar tweeted, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,”

March 4, 2019

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Opinion: US withdrawal from Human Rights Council a major setback to human rights commitment

The United States’ announcement to withdraw from the United Nations Human Rights Council dismissing it as both a “cesspool of political bias” for its anti-Israel stance, and its failure to recognize human

June 20, 2018

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Opinion: Trump right to withdraw from UNESCO

If you pay attention to unimportant news, then you are probably aware that President Trump is officially pulling us out of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at the end

October 19, 2017

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Opinion: Boycotts can help end injustice in Israel

Boycotts work. Whether they’re abstaining from riding the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, after a woman refused to give up her seat or declining to buy lettuce and grapes picked by anti-union scabs

September 7, 2017

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