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Freelance writer Rachel Neuwirth has sued rabbi Chaim Seidler-Feller of UCLA Hillel, claiming he attacked and injured her as they argued about Middle East politics following a campus appearance by Alan Dershowitz in October. The Metropolitan News-Enterprise says the suit was filed Thursday in Santa Monica. Neuwirth has written for the conservative Front Page Magazine and ChronWatch. Here are the Jewish Journal stories on the incident.
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