University of North Carolina
Eli Evans, chronicler of Southern Jewish life, laid to rest
By Yonat Shimron — July 29, 2022
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — He described Jewish life in the South in loving, nostalgic terms.
American Jews split over Trump executive order on combating anti-Semitism
By Yonat Shimron — December 11, 2019
(RNS) — Left-leaning Jews said the underlying purpose of the executive order was to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel and its policies toward Palestinians living under Israeli occupation.
UNC resolves Education Department complaint over anti-Semitism at Gaza conference
By Yonat Shimron — November 26, 2019
(RNS) — The government's claim stemmed from a performace by a Palestinian hip-hop artist on campus earlier this year.
Feds cite Islam focus in review of Duke-UNC language grant
By Collin Binkley — September 19, 2019
(AP) — The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program, arguing that it's misusing a federal grant to unfairly promote "the positive aspects of Islam" but not Christianity or Judaism
Danny Lotz, husband of Bible teacher Anne Graham Lotz, dies at 78
By Yonat Shimron — August 19, 2015
(RNS) Lotz, 78, was a devoted Christian, a college basketball star and a dentist. But he was perhaps best known as the husband of Anne Graham Lotz and the son-in-law of the Rev. Billy Graham, Anne's father.
Parking spat as motive for triple murder? N.C. Muslims don’t buy it
By Yonat Shimron — February 11, 2015
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) The triple murders in this usually harmonious university town immediately took on a larger narrative of hate crimes against Muslims and charges of atheists baiting Muslims.
Three Muslim students shot dead near UNC campus
By Reuters — February 11, 2015
(Reuters) The police have offered no motive for the killings as the hashtag #MuslimLivesMatter trended nationally on Twitter.
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