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Student Newspaper Apologizes For ‘Distasteful’ Column About Hillel

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Via Business Insider:

Rutgers University student newspaper The Daily Targum has retracted and apologized for publishing an offensive opinion column about the school’s Hillel — a campus center for Jewish student life.

The column … “Can Hillel’s funding be put to better use elsewhere?” — quickly recieved criticism last week for including claims that many commenters felt were “blatantly hateful” and “ridiculous.”

“If you know anything about Israel, you can conclude that pro-Israel parties are good at getting money into funds, i.e. the purchases of Jewish National Fund and modern-day Palestine,” (the author) wrote in one contentious section.

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