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The Journal of Architectural Education (JAE), the field's premier scholarly journal, has dedicated past issues to topics like the "various nuances through which water and design mix" and the "relationship between stories and architecture." Last year, the journal landed on a different topic for its fall 2025 issue: The "ongoing Israeli genocidal campaign against Palestinians in Gaza." The journal's "call for papers"—a prompt for essay submissions—was littered with anti-Semitic rhetoric. It lauded "siege and prison breaks" as methods of "anti-colonial life- and land-protection" and justified Hamas's Oct. 7 attack as "the rupture of settler containment." The fall issue, the journal...

“I was no longer welcome because I did not fall in line and support their strategy. I did not go on and just sell their strategy to my followers because I didn't believe in it" Jewish influencers are alleging they were blackballed from the Biden-Harris National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism after questioning what the White House defined as antisemitism. Influencer Lizzy Savetsky said in a video posted to social media, “Last summer, the summer of 2023, prior to October 7, the White House released their National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. I was asked to join a Zoom call with Second...

Mark Ruffalo is an American actor who spends his free time spewing antisemitic rhetoric and dangerous anti-Israel propaganda to his nearly 30 million social media followers. Ruffalo regularly aligns himself with antisemitic positions and fans the flames of Jew-hatred masked as pro-Palestinian activism.In 2018, Ruffalo tweeted his outrage over CNN’s firing of antisemite Marc Lamont Hill. Hill was caught inciting violence against Israel and the Jewish people by reciting rhetoric that called for the dissolution of the Jewish people and the only Jewish nation. Ruffalo stated Hill was advocating for Palestinian rights, when in reality Hill openly called for the...

Like the New York Times with its roster of anti-Israel contributors, such as the anti-Israel post-Zionist Peter Beinart, the Washington Post favors op-ed contributors on Israel-Palestine who are very much on the side of the Palestinians. A recent example, featuring the Palestinian Mariam Barghouti, is reported on here: “Washington Post Publishes Op-Ed by Mariam Barghouti, Who Compared Israel to Nazi Germany,” by Rachel O’Donoghue, Algemeiner, April 1, 2022: It would appear that having a documented history that has included comparing Israel to Nazi Germany does not preclude one from offering their opinions on the editorial webpages of The Washington Post,...

Larry Carrier - BLUFF CITY BLUFF CITY — Larry Carrier, age 82, of 182 Essex Drive, Bluff City, TN, best known for the building of Bristol International Raceway, went to be with the Lord, on Tuesday, June 7, 2005, after a long illness. His personal philosophy of “putting back” made a significant difference in the quality of life in the Tri-Cities Tennessee/Virginia Region. His keen sense of business and his deep-rooted Christian family values resulted in phenomenal success in a variety of business ventures. Born and raised in Bristol he was the son of the late Hugh and Bessie Offield...