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Donor Demands Return of $5-Million Gift and Cancellation of University of Washington Endowed Chair After Professor Protests Gaza Attack After returning gift, UW will offer professor new endowed chair with same level of funding for Israel Studies program

February 27, 2022 by Richard Silverstein

UPDATE: Based on reporting in JTA and a statement of support for Prof. Halperin from Jewish Studies faculty, I wrote below that the UW has withdrawn Prof. Halperin’s endowed chair and dismantled its Israel Studies program.  After I published this post, the UW released a statement offering a comprehensive response, which revealed either that the […]

Jews Without Mercy in Seattle and Washington DC

July 12, 2019 by Richard Silverstein

Earl Schorris wrote a wonderful book a few decades ago called Jews Without Mercy.  It was a savage, incantatory attack in the era of Reagan on the Jews who first advanced neoconservatism and brought it to a wider audience.  I thought of his evocative title when conceiving this blog post about the response of some […]

After Police Killing, Facing Mounting Pressure, Seattle Jewish Federation Postpones Award and Annual Meeting

June 23, 2017 by Richard Silverstein

The Seattle Jewish federation had planned to hold its annual community meeting tonight at the University of Washington Hillel.  At the event, it planned to give several awards to various groups and individuals for their contribution to the life of Seattle’s Jewish community.  One of these was to be the Tikkun Olam Award, to be […]

Seattle Mosque, Synagogues Faithwash Israel-Palestine

April 13, 2017 by Richard Silverstein

The local Seattle Jewish “lifestyle magazine,” Jewish in Seattle, features a story this month promoting a “Jewish -Muslim dialogue group.” The group is composed of 20 individuals, who are Muslim members of MAPS, a Redmond-based mosque; and Temple Herzl Ner Tamid and Congregation Kol Ami of Mercer Island. ‫ I was struck by the photograph that accompanies […]

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