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Political

Perspective, it’s all perspective

Today in SF Gate an article regarding the pro-Palestinian/pro-Israel clash at SFSU that I’ve covered in previous postings: San Francisco State University police asked the district attorney’s office Thursday to prosecute three students accused of hate crimes during a campus clash between pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian groups. … In a strongly worded letter distributed on campus on May […]

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Political Weblogging

And so much for journalism

Meryl Yourish and Glenn Reynolds responded to my email and article link yesterday. So much for weblogging as journalism. And the truth shall set you free, right?

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Diversity Political

SFSU 2

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. I did have a chance to talk with people directly familiar with the SFSU peace rally. Additionally, The Jewish Bulletin provided expanded coverage of the email that generated so much discussion. I rather liked the Bulletin’s coverage. It makes no apology that it has a bias — it is a Jewish publication. […]

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People Places Political

More on Anti-Semitism in Northern California

Recovered from the Wayback Machine. According to an email I received from the editor, later this afternoon, the Jewish Bulletin of Northern California will have another article related to the Peace Rally at SFSU. You can look for it at the publication’s web site. In the meantime, the publication did just post an article about an English class being […]

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Political Weblogging

SFSU

There’s been considerable discussion throughout the weblogging community about a Pro-Israeli peace rally held at SFSU earlier this month. According to a letter by Professor Laurie Zoloth, Jewish Studies Program Director, a group of pro-Palestinian counter-protestors caused a riot or near-riot at the Rally, physically threatening the Rally members, as well as saying things such as “Hitler didn’t finish the job” […]