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Nadhim Zahawi, education secretary in the United Kingdom. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

British education secretary hosts summit addressing campus anti-Semitism in UK

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The United Kingdom’s education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, hosted a summit last week where vice chancellors from universities across the country, university representatives and Jewish groups gathered to discuss better ways of tackling anti-Semitism in...
A pro-Palestinian rally at Arizona State University in June 2021 held by Students for Justice in Palestine. Source: Facebook.

Pro-Israel groups see more hostile campuses fueled by ‘woke’ ideology, anti-Zionist faculty

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Pro-Israel groups working on campus agree that the situation for Jewish students is growing steadily worse. Just this fall, anti-Semitic incidents erupted at campuses across the country—from vandals desecrating a Torah scroll at George Washington University...
Tufts University. Source: Facebook.

Tufts University president announces plans to fight anti-Semitism on campus

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Tufts University president Tony Monaco announced that the school will be taking new measures to combat campus anti-Semitism head-on, according to a letter sent to students, faculty and staff on Thursday. According to the letter, the university...
Kingsborough Community College, part of the City University of New York system, in Brooklyn, N.Y. Credit: Kingsborough Community College.

Inside Kingsborough College’s systematic failure to protect pro-Israel Orthodox faculty, students

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Professor Jeff Lax says that in his 17 years working at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y, one of his worst days was one he never expected. He said he was blocked from leaving a...
Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Stanford to investigate admission policies in 1950s obstructing Jewish students

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Stanford University has created a task force to investigate allegations that in the past, it had implemented quotas on the number of Jewish students admitted in the 1950s. According to the Stanford Report, university president Marc...
Entrance and sign to the University of Connecticut. Credit: Ken Wolter/Shutterstock.

UConn Hillel accused of ‘Islamophobia’ by newspaper after countering SJP rally

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University of Connecticut (UConn) Hillel is defending its decision to peacefully table near a Nov. 2 pro-Palestinian rally held by Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) after being accused of Islamophobia by the editorial...
A rally against anti-Semitism in London in December 2019. Credit: Brian Minkoff/Shutterstock.

Anti-Semitic incidents at UK universities reach all-time high, new data reveals

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Anti-Semitic incidents hit an unprecedented high at universities in the United Kingdom during the previous academic year, according to recently released data collected by the Community Security Trust (CST). A total of 111 anti-Semitic cases were recorded...
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett with members of a U.S. congressional delegation on a trip sponsored by J Street. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Did Bennett’s J Street meeting help Israel’s efforts to hold onto Democratic support?

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In its 15 years of existence, the left-wing lobby J Street has won many public-relations victories and almost none when it came to policy. Its impact in Washington has, for the most part, been...
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Academic departments need to steer clear of activism against Israel

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The obsessive loathing of Israel by large swathes of academia was evident this past spring as Hamas showered Israeli population centers with more than 4,000 rockets and mortars. Instead of denouncing genocidal aggression on...
Rabbi Yudi Steiner, director of the Rohr Chabad at GW, holds up a Torah at a campus rally against anti-Semitism on Nov. 2, 2021. Credit: @phebegphoto/The Rohr Chabad at GW.

Hundreds march at George Washington University to take stand against anti-Semitism

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Chanting “Am Yisrael Chai”—the Jewish people live—hundreds of students at George Washington University marched from the building that houses the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity to the center of campus to stand against anti-Semitism. The “Torah...