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Defeating Hamas, Hezbollah key to winning PR war, Netanyahu says

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Swiftly defeating Hamas and Hezbollah on the battlefield is critical to winning the global public-relations war against the Jewish state, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told rabbis gathered at his office on Wednesday. Netanyahu spoke...

Family in Reserves

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A basic aspect of life in Israel is the requirement that every adult, whether male or female, must serve in the IDF for a few years upon reaching the age of 18. While serving...
Vanderbilt Hall and courtyard from Chapel Street, Yale University, via WikiMedia Commons

A double standard for free speech at Vanderbilt

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Vanderbilt’s Chabad hosted a speaking event on Feb. 23 by Rudy Rochman, who describes himself as a “Jewish and Israel rights activist” who has “the intention,” as Chabad put it, “of creating a productive conversation around...
Anti-Semitic fliers related to COVID-19 and the Jews were distributed in two Florida cities and also found in several other states, January 2022. Source: Twitter.

Latest fliers blaming Jews for COVID show up at Illinois

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Students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are the latest to report finding anti-Semitic fliers seeking to tie the Jewish community to the coronavirus pandemic. The papers were found around campus on Sunday. “This weekend...
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...
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Survey finds nearly two-thirds of Jewish students feel unsafe, half hide identity

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A new survey has found an alarming level of anti-Semitism experienced by Jewish students on college campuses, with students who claim a strong sense of Jewish identity and connection to Israel feeling unsafe and...
Rabbi Levi Slonim, director of programming and development of Chabad at Binghamton: “Our response to the 9/11 tragedy should be to resolve to do something meaningful with this day.” Credit: Courtesy.

Binghamton University’s Mitzvah Marathon to mark 20th year of Sept. 11 attacks

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The Rohr Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life and Hillel at Binghamton will sponsor its annual Mitzvah Marathon Fair in remembrance of the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks for members of the campus...
A Students for Justice in Palestine march in New York. Credit: JCPA.

BDS-proof: Insider tips for helping students on campus feel secure and empowered

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Just because most colleges and universities have been on at least a partial pandemic shut down this past year doesn’t mean that BDS forces have lost any of their vitriol. Or that they’ve given up...
Huntsman Hall at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Petition calls on U Penn to move graduation ceremony planned on Shavuot

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More than 1,300 students and alumni of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia have signed a petition urging the school to move the date of this year’s commencement ceremony, as it conflicts with the Jewish holiday...
A damaged sign, along with a menorah, at Chabad at the University of Kentucky Jewish Student Center, Nov. 8, 2020. Credit: Courtesy.

Campus Chabad in Kentucky again discovers vandalism to its sign, menorah

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Police in Lexington, Ky., are investigating the vandalism of a menorah and sign at Chabad at the University of Kentucky Jewish Student Center. This is the fourth time that the sign has been vandalized...