Tag: Schools & Higher Education
Some 2,000 Jewish students gather in NY for Chabad havdalah ceremony
Some 2,000 Jewish college students gathered in Brooklyn on Saturday night for a havdalah ceremony marking the end of Pegisha (“meeting”), an annual Jewish student Sabbath gathering organized by Chabad on Campus International.
Rabbi Yossy...
Is Brandeis University being ‘Palestinized?’
Why is the Israel Studies Center at Brandeis University describing the Hamas war against Israel merely as the “suffering of Israelis and Palestinians?” Why is the center boasting that it “brings Palestinian scholars” to...
‘Pretty insane,’ comedian says of pro-Hamas frat ‘social experiment’
Pretending to recruit for a pro-Hamas fraternity on a college campus taught two Jewish comedians how much future leaders can be sheep.
Zach Sage Fox, the CEO and founder of a production company, and Yechiel...
In line to enter campus, Columbia students endure anti-Israel activists
With the start of the new academic year at Columbia University in New York City, visitors needed to pass through security while dozens of demonstrators yelled slogans opposing the school and the Jewish state.
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Education Department resolves federal Jew-hatred complaint against University of Illinois
The U.S. Department of Education announced on Tuesday that it resolved a complaint alleging “numerous incidents of antisemitism” at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “including the recurring appearance of swastikas throughout campus, mezuzahs ripped...
Harvard, London School of Economics offer positions to embattled former Penn president Liz Magill
Liz Magill, the embattled former president of the University of Pennsylvania who testified before Congress that calling for the genocide of Jews wouldn’t necessarily violate the school’s code of conduct, has secured unpaid positions at Harvard...
Cooper Union president resigns, having cited ‘new challenges’ last year
Laura Sparks, president of Cooper Union in New York City, announced on July 17 that she would step down In August, but the news only began to spread widely on Thursday.
“Cooper Union president Laura...
House leaders demand 10 elite colleges detail plans to counter campus Jew-hate
The heads of the Education and the Workforce Committee, and the Ways and Means Committee have called on administrators at 10 top colleges to provide detailed plans to prevent bigotry and intimidation against Jewish students seen...
Rutgers releases set of guidelines to curb tent encampment protests
Rutgers University has released a new set of “guidelines for free expression on campus” that would limit the large anti-Israel demonstrations seen on campus during the previous academic year.
The public university announced the new rules on Tuesday, which include a ban...
Lawmakers investigating antisemitism at UC-San Francisco medical centers
Three legislative leaders have contacted Sam Hawgood—chancellor for the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)—insisting that the school take action in combating hatred of Jews on campus.
House Energy and Commerce Committee chair Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers...