30 | OCTOBER 10 • 2019
Lian Najami, Israel’
s first
Arab Rhodes Scholar, spoke
to an audience of about 35
mostly Jewish and Arab
students at a Sept. 23 speak-
er event hosted by Wayne
State University’
s Students
for Israel, Hillel of Metro
Detroit, the Center for the
Study of Citizenship and the
Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies.
Najami graduated with a
bachelor’
s degree in political
science from the University
of Haifa and attended Oxford
University as a Rhodes
Scholar. She presented her
unique perspective on coex-
istence as an Arab Muslim
woman from Haifa with her
message that Arabs such as
herself can succeed in the
Jewish State. Lian Najami is
one of the most sought-af-
ter public speakers in the
domain of Israel education.
WSU, HMD Sponsored Arab Rhodes Scholar
The Anti-Defamation League
has categorized the “OK”
hand gesture as a hate sym-
bol due to alt-right extremist
groups.
According to CNN, the
Anti-Defamation League
(ADL) announced in a report
that the “OK” hand gesture is
considered a symbol of hate.
Although the “OK” hand
gesture generally has a posi-
tive connotation, demonstra-
tors from alt-right extremist
groups have used it to relay
white supremacy ideologies.
On Aug. 20 at a count-
er-rally in front of the
Holocaust Memorial Center
in Farmington Hills, an all-
male group called the Proud
Boys joined protesters and
were gesturing the “OK”
hand symbol during the rally.
In addition to the “OK”
hand gesture, the ADL
recently added other symbols
of hate to their database such
as an image of “The Happy
Merchant,” which shows
a Jewish man rubbing his
hands together to indicate
greed. — By Corrie Colf, Staff
Writer.
ADL Deems ‘
OK’
Hand Gesture a Hate Symbol
ARTHUR HORWITZ
The Proud Boys at a
recent demonstration
at the Holocaust
Memorial Center
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