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From the Forward.<\/p>\n

In response to an article revealing that an Oberlin College professor made numerous postings about Jews and Israel to Facebook, the liberal arts college\u2019s president said the college \u201crespects the right of its faculty, students, staff and alumni to express their personal views.\u201d<\/p>\n

Marvin Krislov\u2019s statement came after The Tower on Thursday published an article about Joy Karega, an assistant professor of rhetoric and composition at the elite Ohio institution.<\/p>\n

Karega, who took down her Facebook posts and Twitter account after the article\u2019s publication, had made comments accusing Israel and \u201cRothschild-led bankers\u201d of responsibility for downing a Malaysian airliner over Ukraine in 2014. She also posted a graphic of Jacob Rothschild, a member of the prominent Jewish banking family, with a caption reading: \u201cWe own your news. The media. Your oil. And your government.\u201d<\/p>\n

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