a few notes on WKCR and journalism for today's Shabbat Reading List.

not on the bingo card!!!!

NEW: 88 lawmakers tell President Biden Biden “there is sufficient evidence that Israel’s restrictions on the delivery of US-backed humanitarian aid violate Section 620I of the Foreign Assistance Act”

It’s the largest number of lawmakers to date indicating that Israel has violated US law.

ALUMNI, FACULTY, STAFF, STUDENTS: please consider emailing senior administrators The University of Chicago who have threatened an imminent use of force to clear the encampment. Whether or not you agree with the protesters, we should draw the line at the use of force against peaceful protesters.

SCOOP: An NYPD officer fired their gun inside Hamilton Hall during the Columbia raid on Tuesday, Manhattan DA confirms.

thecity.nyc/2024/05/02/nyp…

notable! it's rare for Dept of Ed civil rights office claims to move this fast.

This piece is extremely useful in identifying how the classic features of a moral panic are easily identifiable in much of the 'new antisemitism' discourse. Helps us zoom out & draw inspiration from other contexts. jewishcurrents.org/anatomy-of-a-m…

My husband, Prof. Steve Tamari, is out of the hospital. He will need surgery on his hand, and he is in pain from nine broken ribs. We are asking for time to rest and heal. We will not be taking media interviews at this time. Here is Steve's statement and ways you can support.

about 10 years ago the NYT and AP stopped using the word “terrorist” because it was broadly understood, even by normie centrists, to be a selective and racist watchword without coherent meaning. Now it’s everywhere again, just casually thrown about. Another popular 2002 throwback

This is exactly what’s making any normal observer feel insane.
A pro-Israel mob attacked these kids with slurs, fists, mace, and fireworks. Police watched for HOURS & did nothing.
A day later, police instead bombard *them* with rubber bullets & flashbangs.
(All in a “blue” state)

House passes GOP-led Antisemitism Awareness Act — which mandates the Department of Education to use contested IHRA definition of antisemitism — by bipartisan 320-91 vote.

70 Dems voted against.

Here’s why ⬇️

forward.com/fast-forward/6…

so does anyone else feel totally insane right now

Increasingly worried about the future of Holocaust education. How many young will see the Shoah's invocation in the recent weeks and conclude that its legacy is only for repression?

Here's how the NYT describes this:

One difference between this building at Columbia and the US Capitol is that the Capitol happens to be the seat of Congress, the national legislature of the United States, which was, at the time, certifying the results of an election those who stormed the Capitol wanted to void.

“But it ended in two days.” They literally killed someone.