Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of antisemitism. Below you can read through our most recent posts on prejudice and harm against Jews in the United States and around the world.
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Fast Forward Who is Nemat Shafik, Columbia’s president under fire?
Many accuse Nemat “Minouche” Shafik of exacerbating the turmoil on campus
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News 100+ arrested in day of unrest and mass protest at Columbia U over Gaza and Israel
The mass demonstration at New York City’s Ivy League school and its aftermath represented an escalation after months of tensions over the war
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Antisemitism Notebook Why the ADL is struggling to find its campus footing
The Anti-Defamation League's new "report cards" scoring schools on antisemitism drew criticism from some of its partners
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Opinion The hearing with Columbia’s president was political farce
The Congressional hearing on antisemitism gave politicians sound bites and did not help protect Jewish students
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News Columbia’s president, at House hearing, says university could do more to fight antisemitism
Nemat Shafik also condemned “calls for the genocide of Jews"
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Fast Forward FBI investigations of anti-Jewish hate crimes tripled after Oct. 7, director says
Christopher Wray also warned that, amid the Israel-Iran conflict, Iranian proxies could attack targets on American soil
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Fast Forward Confidential letter shows Columbia professor who called Hamas attack ‘awesome’ is under investigation
But Columbia University's president didn't want to confirm the investigation during intense questioning over antisemitism at the college on Capitol Hill
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News ‘His last name was Bernstein’: Exchange over yarmulke brings antisemitism into focus in murder trial
Was Blaze Bernstein's death an anti-gay murder, an antisemitic murder, or both?
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
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Fast Forward 2 House members lead the charge to oust the speaker. Both have been accused of trafficking in antisemitism.
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Opinion The head of the largest Christian Zionist organization is no friend to Israel — he wants an apocalypse there
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Opinion USC: Don’t blame Jews for canceling your valedictorian
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Fast Forward Rep. Ilhan Omar ‘enormously proud’ of daughter suspended from Barnard for anti-Israel activity
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Fast Forward Fred Neulander, rabbi serving life sentence for hiring hit men to kill his wife, dies in prison at 82
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Fast Forward South Africa’s president rehearsed genocide charge against Israel in meeting with local Jewish leaders
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News For hostage families and their supporters this Passover, celebrating the Festival of Freedom feels impossible