Author: Barbara Dougan

A Textbook Case: Antisemitism Commission’s K-12 Recommendations Protect Israel more than Massachusetts’ Jewish Communities

August 28, 2025 Barbara Dougan

by Barb Dougan As has been previously reported, the legislature created the Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism by way of a budget amendment in 2024, bypassing the usual legislative process and preventing any opportunity for public comment. The SCCA is tasked with making recommendations for […]

CAIR staff and leaders are flanked by representatives from MAPA, JVP Boston, Arlington for Palestine, Alliance for Water Justice in Palestine, and others at a January 30, 2025 press conference designating Harvard a "hostile campus". Photo: CAIR-MA

Council on American-Islamic Relations Brands Harvard a “Hostile Campus”

February 4, 2025 Barbara Dougan

by Barbara Dougan and Maryam Hasan The Massachusetts chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MA), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned Harvard University Jan. 30 for adopting as part of its antidiscrimination policies the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) highly […]