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Columbia University will screen prospective students for ‘civility’
Students are discussing Israelis and Palestinians and other issues, then assessing each other’s behavior — for college admissions
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Antisemitism Decoded What exactly is the Justice Department’s plan to stop antisemitism?
Rather than stake out a clear position on crucial questions, Attorney General Pam Bondi seems to be operating on a more ad hoc basis
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Holy Ground This small, stubborn Appalachian synagogue is defying the odds — and so is its new rabbi
In Charleston, West Virginia, a century-old congregation is betting that a 30-something rabbi with two little kids can keep its doors open for decades
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Fast Forward The first Jewish woman to win a NYC mayoral primary has a message for voters about Mamdani
Ruth Messinger praised the Democratic nominee’s focus on affordability and immigrant protections
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His grandfather’s Holocaust stories didn’t add up — so he set out to tell the fact-checked version
In 'Stolen Headstones,' Ari Schneider writes the official account of his family’s Holocaust story
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Antisemitism Decoded A Florida college student said ‘F— Israel.’ Now she’s under federal investigation
Eden Deckerhoff confronted a student wearing an IDF shirt, and quickly found herself at the center of a political firestorm
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Fast Forward What does the Star of David represent? A new ruling offers a legal answer
Judge Trevor McFadden argued targeting the Star of David is ‘as racially motivated' as the n-word
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‘You can’t fake it’: Why images of starving children in Gaza are so difficult to dismiss
Photojournalist Lynsey Addario has seen how powerful images can ‘move the dial’
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Antisemitism Decoded How Trump is banning DEI at universities — except for Jews
The Trump administration's ban on DEI at universities has one big exception: Jewish students get special support.
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Fast Forward Trump fired a commissioner over bad jobs numbers. Nixon targeted a ‘Jewish cabal’ at the same agency
White House personnel chief Fred Malek later apologized for tallying Jewish staffers at the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trump tapped him in 2017 to lead a prestigious think tank.
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Yeshivat Chovevei Torah, New York Orthodox rabbinical school, ordains an out gay rabbi
The men's seminary, known as a center of Orthodox Jewish innovation, plotted a new course after controversial 2019 decision
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