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free speech

a tattered Israeli flag waves from the top of a residential building
Posted inOpinion

The extremist Zionist group Betar is doing antisemites a big favor

Emily Tamkin by Emily Tamkin April 14, 2025April 14, 2025

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward’s free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The militant Zionist group Betar made headlines earlier this […]

As a student journalist at Tufts University, Jonathan Greenblatt, Class of 1992 and future CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, stood up for free speech while fighting against antisemitism. (Illustration/Forward- Odeya Rosenband; Screenshots/Tufts archives.)
Posted inAnalysis

ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites

by Andrew Silverstein April 29, 2024
A view of the University of Southern California campus (Photo/Dhrupad Bezboruah via Flickr CC BY-NC 2.0)
Posted inCalifornia

USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website

Louis Keene by Louis Keene April 16, 2024April 16, 2024
Sather Gate at UC Berkeley
Posted inOpinion

Mob violence at UC Berkeley shows free speech doesn’t exist for Zionists

Daniel J Solomon by Daniel J. Solomon February 27, 2024February 28, 2024
Dr. Steve Feldman, pictured on a trip to the West Bank, was denied payment from the state of Arkansas for refusing to sign a pledge promising not to boycott Israel. (Photo/Forward-Courtesy Feldman)
Posted inU.S.

This Jewish doctor refused to sign a pledge opposing BDS — so he didn’t get paid

by Adam Kovac and Forward May 8, 2023May 8, 2023
Two men hold up signs in front of Auschwitz.
Posted inNews

Polish police arrest Minadeo during white supremacist tour of Europe

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman September 4, 2022September 6, 2022
A kippah-clad man holds a sign reading "Jews for Black Lives" at a Black Lives Matter protest in front of the Hall of Justice in Los Angeles, Sept. 9, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Valerie Macon-AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Rabbis’ letter warns Jews are ‘self-censoring’ on race and gender

Arno Rosenfeld by Arno Rosenfeld and Forward December 15, 2021December 23, 2021
Ira Glasser in the film poster for "Mighty Ira: A Civil Liberties Story." (Photo/Courtesy Nico Perrino-theFIRE.org)
Posted inTV & Film

ACLU free-speech icon Ira Glasser profiled in new film

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 23, 2020December 23, 2020
Zoom headquarters in San Jose. (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

Protest at Zoom HQ seeks to block S.F. State Leila Khaled event

by Gabriel Greschler September 21, 2020September 22, 2020
A protest outside the offices of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo after he passed an executive order calling for New York companies to divest from organizations that support the BDS movement, June 9, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-Pacific Press-LightRocket-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The U.S. anti-BDS bill is bad — but not as bad you’ve been told

David Schraub by David Schraub July 26, 2017July 25, 2017

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