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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