Sheryl Nestel
Sheryl Baron Nestel

Sheryl Baron Nestel is an independent scholar who founded Ha’Am, the first Jewish student newspaper funded by a public university, and organized the first Second Wave Jewish feminist conference through the Jewish Student Network. In an op-ed for the Toronto Star, Nestel shared why it is wrong to equate criticism of Israel with antisemitism in response to an article praising the adoption by the Ontario Legislature of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism.

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The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara

The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara

On February 26, 2023, more than 400 Jewish settlers terrorized the Palestinian village of Hawara in the Occupied West Bank. For hours, the settlers set buildings and cars on fire and threw stones at inhabitants and their homes. The Israeli police and military forces...

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Christians Against Israeli Violence

Christians Against Israeli Violence

Christians Against Israeli Violence: Churches Call to End U.S. Military Aid to Israel On March 10, 2023, ten U.S.-based Christian groups published a letter directed to President Biden and Congress calling on the end of U.S. military aid to Israel. The letter reads:...

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