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‘People are afraid’: Advocates warn of crackdown on Arab Israeli students
Some students, their lawyers say, have been thrown out of school for innocuous social media posts
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Israeli LGBTQ soldiers hope the war in Gaza will bolster their fight for equal rights at home
Many LGBTQ Israeli soldiers feel the war has placed their status in stark relief: They have been called to risk their lives on the front lines in Gaza but are denied rights afforded to heterosexual couples at home
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Many Jews criticized Harvard’s Oct. 7 response. Fewer are applauding President Claudine Gay’s resignation.
A campus controversy threatens to heighten Black-Jewish tensions while drafting Jews into ideological battles many never signed up for
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Sports For an Israeli Chicago Bulls’ fan slain on Oct. 7, a final gift from that team’s star forward
DeMar DeRozan signed a jersey in memory of Oron Beilin, who was murdered at the rave near kibbutz Re'im
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He covered the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on campus. Then the protesters rebuked him.
Jacob Wheeler, a reporter at USC's Annenberg Media, went on hiatus after attacks on his coverage turned personal
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Jewish teens in South Africa, where crime and Israel criticism are sky-high, see little future at home
Antisemitism and a lack of opportunity are pushing young people to study abroad or move to Israel
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Will MIT’s Sally Kornbluth survive the campus antisemitism reckoning?
Some alumni says she owes an apology for her testimony before a Congressional committee
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Israel faces charges of genocide at the International Court of Justice. Here’s why, and how Israel will respond.
For the first time in decades, Israeli government lawyers will grapple with an allegation of genocide — as defendants and not as prosecutors
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Analysis: Caught by surprise on Oct. 7, Netanyahu looks to preserve his power post-war
Israel’s prime minister is determined to lead the country during the war and after it ends
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To welcome interfaith couples, this Conservative synagogue hired a cantor to marry them
Congregation Shirat Hayam in Massachusetts sheds light on one implication of a changing rabbinic marketplace
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A Greek Holocaust survivor in Vermont knows how to save humanity. He just needs us to listen.
The magical life of Albert Levis, a scholar of storytelling who has lived through his own improbable tale
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