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Mosby's JournalJason Collins: I have Stage 4 glioblastoma
A few months ago, my family released a short statement saying I had a brain tumor. It was simple, but intentionally vague. They did that to protect my privacy while I was mentally unable to speak for myself and my loved ones were trying to understand what we were dealing with.
But now it's time for people to hear directly from me.
I have Stage 4 glioblastoma, one of the deadliest forms of brain cancer. It came on incredibly fast.
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On the abuse of faculty immunity
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP)It’s almost 2026. We are approaching the two-year anniversary of Columbia’s encampments. For many juniors and seniors, memories of chaos, disruption, and destruction remain seared in our brains. First-years and sophomores live in the shadow that these events created; their understanding of the crisis is limited to whatever they may have seen in social media posts, news articles, and the slow process of redress.
A lot has happened since the encampments and the takeover of Hamilton Hall. Three more buildings were taken over by pro-Palestinian student protesters—Butler Library and two buildings at Barnard. Dozens of students have rightly been suspended or expelled. $400 million worth of Columbia’s federal grants were revoked—and then reinstated. The University engaged in discussions with the U.S. government, and the two parties came to a historic agreement in July. Procedures and policies around student conduct and discipline have been altered and moved around within Columbia’s governance structure. Most importantly, the University Senate, which is stacked with a cohort of biased faculty senators, is no longer in charge of the enforcement and interpretation of the Rules of University Conduct.
As a Jewish student, I am grateful for much of the work that has been done to address incidents of antisemitism and send the message: No, antisemitic groups like Columbia University Apartheid Divest are not welcome on our campus.
Still, there is one particular set of individuals that has remained nearly untouched despite repeated, egregious participation in and support for outright discrimination on campus: the dozens of faculty members who supported, affiliated with, and physically enforced the exclusionary encampment.
Columbia Spectator
Elden Campbell died from drowning after medical emergency
Former basketball player Elden Campbell died Monday from drowning after suffering a medical emergency while out fishing, a member of his family and a Broward County official told media outlets.
The Broward County Sheriff's Office said Campbell's death was accidental, according to TMZ, and Thomas Steinkamp, the chief of investigative services for Broward County, confirmed to People that it was due to drowning.
Campbell's sister, Sandra, told The New York Post that the medical emergency occurred "all the sudden" when Campbell, 57, had returned to shore after fishing in Florida and that the family doesn't know what happened.
https://www.espn.co.uk/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/47211652/elden-campbell-died-drowning-medical-emergency
Vance says antisemitism isn't 'exploding' on the right
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP)Vice President JD Vance, reflecting Thursday on his first year in office, said that he disagrees with fellow Republicans who have warned of a rise in antisemitism in their party.
“Judging anybody based on their skin color or immutable characteristics, I think, is fundamentally anti-American and anti-Christian,” Vance said in an interview with NBC News. “I do think it’s important to call this stuff out when I see it. I also, when I talk to young conservatives, I don’t see some simmering antisemitism that’s exploding.”
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has positioned himself as a potential Vance rival in the 2028 presidential race, raising his profile in part by condemning what he sees as an escalation of anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment. Cruz has singled out young conservatives who pressed Vance with questions about Israel at a recent political event, while also criticizing Tucker Carlson, a Vance ally who hosted a Holocaust denier on his podcast.
“Do I think that the Republican Party is substantially more antisemitic than it was 10 or 15 years ago? Absolutely not,” Vance said. “In any bunch of apples, you have bad people. But my attitude on this is we should be firm in saying antisemitism and racism is wrong. ... I think it’s kind of slanderous to say that the Republican Party, the conservative movement, is extremely antisemitic.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-vance/vance-says-antisemitism-isnt-exploding-right-rcna247414
Muslim Brotherhood stole half a billion dollars from Gaza donations, Arab sources reveal
The Muslim Brotherhood allegedly stole half a billion dollars from donations for the Gaza Strip in a single campaign, Egyptian researcher Maher Farghali reported on Sunday.
While Farghali noted that it is typical of the Muslim Brotherhood to “exploit Gaza and Palestine for money,” the difference with this incident is that Hamas condemned the theft.
The association Waqf al-Ummah/Ummet Vakfı, founded by the Muslim Brotherhood, is said to have been responsible for taking half a billion, which it raised in a single fundraiser in the name of “Gaza.” Waqf al-Ummah has operated out of Turkey since 2013 and is overseen by religious figures.
Hamas learned of the corruption in January 2024 through one of its younger members, Khaled Mansour, who was investigating Waqf al-Ummah and the associated individuals. Over the last few days, Mansour (@mansourgaza) has been posting repeatedly about the situation, including detailing the figures stolen.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-874233
Dublin's Herzog Park set to be 'denamed' by city councillors over Israel connections
The name of a former president of Israel is set to be removed from a public park in Rathgar, south Dublin, on Monday, with Dublin city councillors expected to approve the change.
Herzog Park was named in 1995 in honour of Belfast-born Chaim Herzog, Israel’s president from 1983 to 1993, who spent his early childhood in Dublin when his father was chief rabbi of Ireland.
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Chief Rabbi Wieder said Herzog Park was “more than a name on a sign. For those who live nearby, and especially for the neighbouring Jewish families and schools, it’s a place filled with memory, and an important reminder that our community has deep roots in Dublin”.
Naming the park in honour of Chaim Herzog was “a recognition not just of one man, but a chapter of shared Irish-Jewish history. That history has not changed, and it cannot be undone by motions or votes. The Jewish story in Ireland deserves to be preserved, not whitewashed or erased.”
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin/2025/11/29/dublins-herzog-park-set-to-be-denamed-by-city-councillors-over-israel-connections/
Bjrk, Lorde and Paul Weller join 1,000 artists and labels to block Israelis from streaming their music
(THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP)Over 1,000 labels and artists including Björk, Lorde and Paloma Faith have joined together to block Israelis from streaming their music as part of a global boycott campaign.
The No Music for Genocide campaign, which urges musicians to ask streaming platforms to geo-block residents of Israel from accessing their work, was set up in September.
British artists Massive Attack and Paul Weller have confirmed that they had signed up to the campaign.
The campaign, which allows artists to sign up on its website, aims to get music companies such as Sony, UMG and Warner to follow suit and to take their music off Israeli streaming services.
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/bjork-lorde-and-paul-weller-join-1-000-artists-and-labels-to-block-israelis-from-streaming-their-music-r2c9gu3a
Mainstreaming antisemitism.
New Land Cruiser concept
https://x.com/washghost1/status/1994198208545714472I like it a lot.
ETA - It's a Corsetti Cruiser.
https://www.corsetticruisers.com/land-cruiser-restoration
Holocaust museums 'false propaganda' used to blackmail world - American Muslims for Palestine head
Holocaust museums are “false propaganda,” and Israel has blackmailed the world with the Holocaust, said Osama Abu Irshaid, national director of American Muslims for Palestine, in a speech published to YouTube last week.
Irshaid, who also serves on the board of the nonprofit United States Council of Muslim Organizations, said, “Israel has blackmailed the world with the Holocaust” and that “if you call what is happening in Gaza a Holocaust, you are labeled antisemitic.”
He accused Jews of having “a monopoly on the victim mentality” and called for the formation of a new narrative called the “Palestinian genocide” narrative.
He went on to criticize Holocaust museums as a project of the “Zionist lobby.”
https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-875158
Happy Thanksgiving.
Revealed: Police quizzed wrongfully arrested Jewish mother over her faith
A wrongfully arrested mother was interrogated by police about her Jewish faith and involvement in a Holocaust Memorial Day event at her daughter’s school, the JC can reveal.
Citing a claim of “harassment” against her, an officer asked Rosalind Levine, 47, about emails she had sent her daughter’s school in which she offered to help arrange for Holocaust survivors to address pupils and requested the removal of her child from Christian prayer.
Levine and her partner, Maxie Allen, 50, received a payout from Hertfordshire Police earlier this month after the force admitted they had been wrong to send six officers to arrest the couple at their Borehamwood family home in January over complaints the pair had made about their daughter’s school.
https://www.thejc.com/news/uk/revealed-police-quizzed-wrongfully-arrested-jewish-mother-over-her-faith-gvhymd83
Happy Thanksgiving.
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