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Behind the Aegis

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30. Meanwhile at Brown...

Reply to mopinko (Reply #6)

Tue Dec 16, 2025, 08:31 PM

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The economics class that was attacked is taught by Rachel Friedberg, a Jewish faculty member who researches the intersection of economics and Jewish studies and who has worked extensively in Israel, though she was not in the classroom at the time. Police have not indicated any antisemitic motive behind the shooting. But they also have not identified the shooter, igniting unease on campus and speculation online, particularly in the wake of the Sydney attack.

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