Free speech
“Palestine Action: The Underground Manual.” (Source: Screenshot)
April 17, 2025, 11:13 am
They have a manual. We need a movement.
Hamas, Hezbollah and those working on their behalf are not supporters of free speech; they are carrying out the will of foreign terrorist organizations.
By Michael Masters
First amendment. (Photo by Brent Payne, courtesy of flickr.com)
March 19, 2025, 9:19 am
American Jews must not give an inch on free speech
Even when words hurt us
By Jeff Zeman
Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
March 13, 2025, 3:05 pm
Debate over Khalil’s deportation sparks tensions as lawmakers clash on free speech
Lawyers for the government are seeking to move the case out of New York, while White House officials are arguing that the Columbia activist poses a national security threat.
By Ben Sales
President Trump posted a message on Truth Social that put social media and college campuses, including Columbia University, on high alert, March 4, 2025. (Truth Social)
March 12, 2025, 3:26 pm
As ICE targets Palestinian activist, some Jews ask if this is the fight they signed up for
Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump’s broader agenda.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Pixabay)
March 6, 2025, 1:27 pm
Senate panel hearing addresses line between Jew-hatred, free speech
“Antisemitism thrives in loopholes. Congress has the power and the obligation to close them,” Adela Cojab, of the National Jewish Advocacy Center, told the committee.
By Mike Wagenheim
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, left, and Joel Kaplan, named in January 2025 as Meta's president of global affairs, descend a staircase after leaving a meeting with a Republican senator in Washington, D.C., Sept. 19, 2019. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
January 15, 2025, 9:24 am
Jewish groups pushed Meta to crack down on hate speech. Now, the company is reversing course.
The company offered “Jews are flat out greedier than Christians” as an example of newly allowed speech.
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Dave McCormick in 2018 Photo courtesy of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from Washington D.C, via Wikimedia Commons
July 2, 2024, 3:30 pm
Dave McCormick’s Rumble stake draws fire amid hate speech concerns
“It harbors Holocaust deniers, folks who have been thrown off of other platforms, white nationalistic stuff. It’s promoted vaccine misinformation,” Frankel said.
By David Rullo
With reliance on scholarship, curricula address present concerns. (Photo by Marco Verch via Flickr at https://rb.gy/a4cdfa)
February 2, 2024, 4:47 pm
Classrooms Without Borders shares Israel-Hamas curricula, but some local educators can’t talk about it
New resources help teachers and students navigate the moment, but with knowledge comes difficulty
By Adam Reinherz
CMU and Pitt students attended an Oct. 9 rally carrying signs in support of Palestine in its war with Israel started by Hamas. (Photo by David Rullo)
January 9, 2024, 4:50 pm
Local universities struggle with freedom of speech issues following Oct. 7
“The First Amendment does not just protect speech that simply makes everybody feel good and safe,” he said.
By David Rullo
Judge gavel, scales of justice and law books in court. Photo by BrianAJackson via iStock
July 19, 2023, 9:25 am
What Jewish law says about balancing free speech and public safety in the internet age
"Speech is not mere expression, but can also have harmful consequences."
By Jay Michaelson
Kenneth Stern with a copy of his book "The Conflict over the Conflict." Photo by Emily Stern.
July 21, 2020, 12:44 pm
Conflict over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A conversation with Ken Stern
Stern's newly published book "The Conflict over the Conflict" ends with a blueprint for having better conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Kayla Steinberg
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