The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes recorded by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has risen sharply following the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict, new data shows.
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Just hours after Liz Magill resigned as president of the University of Pennsylvania over the evasive answers she and two other academic leaders gave at a House hearing this week, they were being mocked on the Saturday Night Live cold open.
So was Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), the Trump-supporting congresswoman whose queries nevertheless triggered a bipartisan furor directed at university presidents, who have been faced with weeks of protests on their campuses over the Israel-Gaza war. When asked whether someone calling “for the genocide of Jews” would violate the schools’ code of conduct, they did not answer “yes” or “no” and instead gave nuanced responses.
The SNL skit, staged as C-SPAN coverage, the three university presidents gave even more opaque answers.
As an amped up MAGA star, Stefanik, played by Chloe Troast, shouts at the university presidents.
“Yes or no! Is calling for the genocide of Jews against the code of conduct for Harvard?”
“Well, it depends on the context,” answers Dr. Claudine Gay, the president of Harvard.
Stefanik replies, “That can’t be your answer: UPenn lady, same question, yes or no?”
Magill answers, “Well, we are serious about stopping all forms of hatred, anti-semitism, Islamophobia.”
Stefanik chides her, then turns to Dr. Sally Kornbluth, president of MIT, and poses the question to her. “And keep in mind, if you don’t say yes, you are going to make me look good, which is really, really hard to do. So I will ask you straight up. Do you think genocide is bad?”
“Could I submit an answer in writing at a later date?” Kornbluth answers.
Then, in a tone of surprise, Stefanik says, “Am I winning this hearing? Somebody pinch me!”
As the three university presidents express relief, then another member
The number of anti-Semitic hate crimes recorded by Greater Manchester Police (GMP) has risen sharply following the outbreak of the Hamas-Israel conflict, new data shows.
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heavily criticized cold-open sketch, sources confirm to The Post.Strong, 39, appeared as a guest in the dress rehearsal ahead of the live show, then changed her mind “last minute” about playing Stefanik in the sketch, which mocked last week’s congressional hearings on antisemitism on college campuses. Newcomer Chloe Troast replaced Strong on air.The opening sketch is always the last one to be written and Saturday’s was slightly rushed, according to sources.
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