Ahmadinejad vs. Columbia: Round Two

By Carly Silver September 25, 2011

Turns out there was no need for such a fuss.  On September 19th, two days before Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was scheduled to have dinner with 15 members of the Columbia International Relations Council and Association (CIRCA), the Iranian mission to the United Nations revoked the invitation due to the “media firestorm” surrounding the event, according to the…

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Hillel Recon | The Jew in the Boonies

By Laura Cooper September 25, 2011

On Saturday night, I went to our Hillel’s welcoming ceremony for the new rabbi.  I guess they decided it would be a good idea to start out with a Havdala ceremony, but no amount of gentle singing could compensate for the  lighting of yet another candle – under the luminous rays of the bright 7:00…

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