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The most recent report came from 2015, in which there were 664 incidents, 695 offenses, 731 victims and 387 known offenders, all with an anti-Semitic motivation. Between 2011 and 2014, the number of incidents and offenses were steadily decreasing until the 2015 spike.

IC students respond to national anti-Semitism

By Erin Conway, Staff Writer March 22, 2017
Nalani Haueter, president of Hillel at the college, said the Jewish community wants to organize more solidarity movements.
Students sign a petition to pressure the Ithaca College administration to declare the campus a “sanctuary campus. By the end, over 100 students signed the petition. The movement has caught on nationwide since Donald Trumps election to the presidency last week.

IC students and faculty protest Trump’s proposed policies

By Sophia Tulp, Staff Writer November 16, 2016
“We are hoping that this will get things moving and the discussion can start,” Titlebaum said. “This is only the first thing.”
Key leaders of diversity and inclusion initiatives at Ithaca College spoke to about 50 members of the campus community during a panel and Q&A session Sept. 13 in Textor 102, focusing their discussion on increasing community engagement with diversity initiatives at the college.

Leaders of diversity initiatives at Ithaca College host panel

By Nicole Pimental, Contributing Writer September 14, 2016
Just four questions were asked during the Q&A portion of a diversity and inclusion panel held Sept. 13. Among them was an anonymously submitted question about how the administration would continue to prioritize these initiatives amid high administrative turnover.
In the center, Deborah Rifkin, associate professor in the Department of Music Theory, supports the passing of the APC policy regarding student evaluations at the Sept. 6 Faculty Council meeting.

Ithaca College Faculty Council passes two academic policies

By Grace Elletson, Assistant News Editor September 7, 2016
The Ithaca College Faculty Council passed two Academic Policy Committee (APC) proposals at its September meeting. One aims to ensure student anonymity in student evaluations, and the other attempts to quicken the approval process for APC policies.
Author Marla Brettschneider gave a talk on March 31 in the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise focused on communities in Africa that have newly been introduced to Judaism.

Ithaca College speaker discusses Jewish communities in Africa

By Gianna Folz, Contributing Writer April 1, 2016
Author Marla Brettschneider explored the question “What does it mean to be Jewish?” when speaking to Ithaca College students and faculty on Jewish communities in Africa.

Jewish studies professor to research in Germany on fellowship

By Madison Bess, Contributing Writer September 16, 2014

Rebecca Lesses, Jewish studies professor at Ithaca College, will be going to Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany this coming year to continue her research on Jewish magic through a fellowship she received...

Bruce D. Haynes, associate professor of sociology and African-American and Africana studies at the University of California, Davis, spoke about his research on black and Jewish identities March 25.

Expert discusses black and Jewish identities

By Mallery Rockwell, Contributing Writer March 26, 2014
Bruce D. Haynes, associate professor of sociology and African-American and Africana studies at the University of California, Davis, spoke on March 25 on the events that have shaped black and Jewish identities and elements that characterize the relationship between them.
William Jacobson, director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell University, has filed a whistlesblowers complaint in response to the ASA boycott.

Professor files IRS complaint against pro-boycott group

By Sabrina Knight, News Editor February 26, 2014
William Jacobson, clinical professor and director of the Securities Law Clinic at Cornell University, has filed an IRS whistleblower complaint against the American Studies Association.
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