Antisemitism Archives - Nevada Globe

NSHE Regent’s Comments Against Jewish People Fuel Outrage And Safety Concerns

June 18, 2024 2:00 pmJune 21, 2024 9:05 am

The Globe has received numerous emails from concerned jewish UNLV students and from concerned members of the jewish community in response to the remarks made by Regent Donald Sylvantee McMichael Sr. during a NSHE (Nevada System of Higher Education) board meeting on June 7. McMichael also serves as the Vice...

OPINION: In the Face of Rising Antisemitism, Rep. Mark Amodei Needs To Step Up

June 10, 2024 1:29 pmJune 10, 2024 1:29 pm

American Jews are experiencing the largest explosion in antisemitism since the Anti-Defamation League started reporting incidents in the 1970s. Now is the time to surge resources to secure Jewish schools, houses of worship, and non-profit institutions. It is precisely the wrong time to cut security funding for vulnerable communities. And...

Regent Boylan: ‘Let Me Be Clear, I Will Not Resign’

April 26, 2024 1:37 pmApril 28, 2024 5:22 pm

On March 1 at the Board of Regents meeting, my intent was to ask about the safety of biological female student athletes and the chance of them being injured by biological male athletes playing against them in NSHE sports. It was and remains an appropriate question. Not surprisingly, my choice...

Regent Brooks: ‘I am Concerned With The Current Culture in Higher Education’

March 22, 2022 11:05 amMarch 22, 2022 11:55 am

Antisemitism has been around for over three thousand years, and its presence within our communities and on our campuses of higher education isn’t likely to disappear any time soon. A vivid and disheartening recent illustration of this problem was the carving of a swastika in a dorm room door on...