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26 Feb 2016

Hikind Praises Baruch College For Swift Decision Altering Spring Graduation Time To Accomodate All Students

Baruch Student Outcry, Petition Teaches Valuable Lesson in Standing Up for Rights and Not Backing Down ‘Everyone Can Now Enjoy Graduation’ Brooklyn, NY, February 26, 2016 … Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) was informed Friday afternoon that Baruch College President Mitchel Wallerstein has decided to alter the spring graduation ceremony time to 4 p.m. instead of
24 Feb 2016

Hikind to Baruch President: ‘Do the Right Thing and Allow All Students to Attend Graduation’

Urges Baruch to ‘Strongly Reconsider’ Timing of Spring Commencement Current Scheduled Time for Spring Graduation to Deprive Jewish Students from Attending Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) urged Baruch College President Mitchel Wallerstein to “do the right thing,” strongly encouraging the president to reconsider the Spring 2016 graduation time slated for 5 p.m. on Friday, May 27th
17 Feb 2016

Hikind Outraged Over Brooklyn College Anti-Zionist Chants at Faculty Council Meeting

Demands Action from CUNY Chancellor After Dozens of Faculty Leave Adjourned Council Meeting in Fear Students Chant ‘Zionism Out of CUNY!’�? Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) voiced his concern after learning of an incident at Brooklyn College where 10 students began chanting anti-Zionist remarks during a faculty college council meeting on Tuesday. An afternoon meeting of�?the

Hikind Urges Supermarkets Nationwide to Adopt Judea and Samaria, Israel Sections for Passover

Campaign Encourages Supermarkets to Say ‘Yes’ to Israel and ‘No’ to BDS Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) began a campaign Tuesday calling for nationwide supermarkets to implement their own Judea and Samaria, Israel-based sections in stores for Passover, as part of a campaign to speak out against Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS). This grassroots campaign is reaching
4 Feb 2016

Hikind Calls on AG Schneiderman to Form Task Force to Investigate Anti-Semitism in Rockland County

‘Mounting Anti-Semitism in Pine Bush, East Ramapo, Bloomingburg, Kiryas Joel Could Have Dangerous Effects’ Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) called on N.Y. Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Thursday, requesting that a task force be formed to investigate anti-Semitism throughout Rockland County. The call for an investigation comes on the heels of an anti-Semitic educational video shown in