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‘A focal point of hate’: Pro-Israel activists at Columbia decry campus hostility

Hundreds gather for rally to denounce unruly anti-Israel encampment that has left some Jewish students fearful to walk on campus, as Hamas-held...

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As anti-Israel encampment at Columbia endures, Jewish students lament ‘Judenrein’ campus

Pupils say protestors have shouted ‘Kill all the Jews’ and ‘We want one Arab state’ as the administration struggles with out...

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Jewish writers say the post-Oct. 7 English literary world has blacklisted them

As the war in Gaza goes on, authors say that when they don’t face outright hostility for being Jews, they are marginalized as publishers claim...

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NY’s Museum of Jewish Heritage aims to help teachers nip student antisemitism in the bud

A newly-released online resource compiles commonly asked questions about Jews and Jew-hatred to teach empathy and inoculate middle and high schoolers...

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Cancer doc speaks out on suit against NYU Langone for termination over anti-Hamas posts

Researcher Dr. Benjamin Neel claims his former employer tarnished his reputation after firing him, but reinstalled another doctor who described the...

31.03.2024 60

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Alone in cell guarded by terrorists: Mother of teen recounts ‘horror’ of his captivity

Bat-Sheva Yahalomi says Eitan was only allowed to shower twice in 52 days, never slept on mattress and was beaten by terrorists; he still has...

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Massachusetts parents say public school teachers union sowing anti-Israel bias

Rhetoric during a webinar last week on ‘The Struggle Against Anti-Palestinian Racism’ was the last straw for many who say students are...

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ADL partners with NCSY to help US Jewish teens deal with post-Oct. 7 antisemitism

Advocacy group and Orthodox youth movement aim to provide tools to push back against Jew hatred and be a safe space for high schoolers across the...

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Jewish on Campus CEO Julia Jassey: Now more than ever US Jews must stand their ground

While she sees ‘frightening’ levels and an unprecedented normalization of antisemitism, the student group co-founder believes the Golden...

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Complaint against Middlebury College alleges discrimination aimed at Jewish students

Title VI civil rights grievance filed by the StandWithUs Center for Legal Justice says Vermont school retaliated against those who claimed to suffer...

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AAUP becomes largest US faculty group to join call for ceasefire

American Association of University Professors signs statement with hundreds of other labor unions calling for end to Israel-Hamas war; one member...

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Free speech rights weaponized to silence students on US campuses after Oct. 7

Universities struggle to revise school policies as the First Amendment is invoked to censor students through unprecedented use of no-contact orders

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House committee to investigate Columbia’s ‘inadequate response’ to campus antisemitism

16-page letter slams the school for allowing a hostile atmosphere for Jewish students to thrive for over 2 decades, including through antisemitic...

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In NY, Jewish Columbia student alleges harassment by violent anti-Israel protesters

Noah Lederman says a toxic atmosphere on campus led to his being pinned against a wall as he fled a demonstration co-organized and endorsed by student...

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Just before Holocaust Day, Columbia Law student senate rejected antisemitism watchdog club

Governing body puts kibosh on proposed group for second time, citing its use of the IHRA antisemitism definition, which opposing students call...

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Experts debate whether Ivy League antisemitism probe is overreach or overdue

While everyone agrees that antisemitism on campus is a problem, not all see the ongoing congressional investigation as the solution – and some...

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Are conspiracy theories about Oct. 7 a new form of Holocaust denial? Experts weigh in

At a daylong NY symposium organized by Indiana University, scholars decry rampant antisemitism and calls for violence against Jews that are...

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As suspended anti-Israel groups at Columbia go unhindered, Jewish alumni despair

When SJP & JVP were ordered off campus for violating school policy, pro-Israel students rejoiced. Now they see little change in behavior –...

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Allies of Jewish US students visit Israel after Oct. 7 – and come back armed with info

The Maccabee Task Force brings pupils together to combat antisemitism and disinformation on American college campuses – a place where Israel...

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As Israel faces charges at The Hague, a Cornell expert in genocide weighs in

A child of Holocaust survivors, law prof Menachem Rosensaft has made his life’s work the study of genocide. He finds the allegation against the...

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Critics say US colleges’ double standards let rabid antisemitism thrive on campus

While praising the free exchange of dissenting opinions, alumni and faculty allege failure to enforce existing codes of conduct has made universities...

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Is American democracy safe? These historians say the US may be slipping toward fascism

The editors of ‘Fascism in America: Past and Present’ posit that though most Americans see the idea as ‘unrealistic in the...

21.12.2023 10

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Med students’ antisemitic comments after Oct. 7 roil two prominent DC universities

Social media posts by physicians-in-training on Hamas atrocities use tropes like media control and global cabals, raising worry about how...

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Barnard senior, a Black-Native American Jew, has some words for pro-Palestinian peers

As a Jew of Color raised in a kosher home, Columbia University student Noa Fay feels compelled to respond to groups accusing Israel of offenses such...

14.12.2023 20

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Columbia students hold canceled ‘teach-in’ to publicly praise Hamas atrocities

Hiding behind masks and umbrellas, a number of students took over the School of Social Work lobby for nearly an hour on Dec. 6, despite the...

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Amid Israel-Hamas war, students say antisemitism is ‘new normal’ at Columbia University

Jewish and Israeli students fear for their safety in a campus climate that’s dismissive of their well-being while allowing rampant, bitter...

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ToI round-table with US Jewish students: ‘Everyone hates you and wishes you dead’

Eight students from the University of Connecticut talk about what it’s like attending university at a time when antisemitism has moved from a...

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A sizeable US demographic, many Evangelicals are sending money and manpower to Israel

A month into the Israel-Hamas war, Evangelicals aren’t just helping fight antisemitism at home – they’re hosting fundraisers and...

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Amid Gaza war, donors pull cash as US universities tolerate student support for terror

NEW YORK — Nearly 500 pro-Palestinian protesters, some carrying noisemakers, some banging drumsticks on buckets, walked out of class and marched...

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Israeli and Jewish-owned restaurants in the US are raising money for Hamas victims

NEW YORK — Inna Mashiach was in the hospital, about to give birth to her twin daughters, when she learned about the Hamas onslaught that killed some...

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Connecticut university houses largest display of artist Arthur Szyk’s work in 50 years

The human rights activist who fled the Holocaust and created iconic human rights art is featured in Fairfield University’s ‘In Real...

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