Hacker News with Generative AI: Antisemitism

Harvard University faces $9B federal funding review (thecrimson.com)
Three federal agencies announced a review of more than $8 billion in “multi-year grant commitments” to Harvard as part of an ongoing investigation into the University by the Federal Task Force to Combat Antisemitism on Monday.

Harvard University, Federal Funding, Antisemitism

33 points by donsupreme 1 day ago | 5 comments

Migrants to be tested on antisemitism under Coalition citizenship test (smh.com.au)
Migrants applying for Australian passports under a Coalition government will be quizzed about their attitudes towards Jewish people, as part of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s citizenship crackdown that includes a possible deportation referendum.

Immigration, Politics, Australia, Antisemitism, Citizenship

14 points by like_any_other 13 days ago | 0 comments

Heritage Foundation Details Plans to Doxx and Target Wikipeda Editors (techdirt.com)
The Heritage Foundation sent the pitch deck outlining the Wikipedia initiative to Jewish foundations and other prospective supporters of Project Esther, its roadmap for fighting antisemitism and anti-Zionism.

Politics, Wikipedia, Activism, Antisemitism

28 points by archagon 34 days ago | 4 comments

Switzerland seeks to ban Nazi symbols amid surge in antisemitism (theguardian.com)
Switzerland is seeking to ban the swastika, Hitler salute and other Nazi signs due to a rise in antisemitism, the federal government has announced.

Switzerland, Antisemitism, Nazi Symbols, Europe

7 points by isaacfrond 109 days ago | 0 comments

Congressional letter sent to Amazon and Twitch for amplification of antisemitism (twitter.com)

Antisemitism, Congress, Social Media, Amazon, Twitch

5 points by josephh 153 days ago | 2 comments

Antidemocratic, Racist, and Antisemitic Sentiments in Postwar West Germany (cambridge.org)
“Agreed: post-war Germany is a miracle,” the Franco-American literary critic George Steiner noted in 1959, analyzing the economic success of the young Federal Republic, but “it is a very queer miracle.”

History, Germany, Politics, Antisemitism

35 points by Traces 182 days ago | 11 comments