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Jewish centre gets £3m to curb Israel tensions

October 14, 2010 14:55

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

Manchester University is to give £3 million to its Centre for Jewish Studies in an attempt to help the centre ease interfaith tension.

The centre, which has previously relied mainly on external grants, said the money would bolster research and undergraduate courses on Muslim, Jewish and Christian relations and Middle Eastern history.

Centre co-director Professor Philip Alexander said the move was a positive response to the attack on former Israeli deputy ambassador Talya Lador-Fresher by pro-Palestinian activists during her visit to the university in April.

Critics have attacked a report into University College London's approach to tackling campus extremism as "complacent" and a "whitewash".

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