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Fast Forward NYU withholds diploma of student who condemned ‘genocide’ and ‘atrocities currently happening in Palestine’ in graduation speech
Most pro-Palestinian demonstrations at campus graduations appear to have passed without incident
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Fast Forward Jewish activist Shabbos Kestenbaum settles antisemitism lawsuit with Harvard
Kestenbaum has been a vocal supporter of Trump’s campus crackdown, of which Harvard has been a primary focus
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News Bill Ackman’s keynote on antisemitism at academic symposium rankles Jewish scholars
Some academics say the billionaire who helped oust Harvard’s president and has cheered Trump's actions against universities has no place at a conference on antisemitism
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Fast Forward Judge cites Betar US in releasing Massachusetts student from immigration detention
The militant group’s social media post about a man who attacked a Hillel vigil appears to have led directly to his arrest, the judge said
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Opinion A judge just released another pro-Palestinian activist. Here’s why that’s good for the Jews
Students detained over pro-Palestinian activism are being freed — and thank God
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Fast Forward Betar ‘almost exclusively triggered’ former student’s detention, judge says
A federal judge ordered ICE to release Efe Ercelik
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Fast Forward Rumeysa Ozturk ordered free on bail, after judge says op-ed criticizing Israel is insufficient to justify detention
The Tufts graduate student was detained by ICE on the street in Somerville, Massachusetts in March
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Fast Forward Police clash with pro-Palestinian protesters in Brooklyn as Columbia library takeover fallout continues
Seven people were arrested at Brooklyn College as police and protesters fought outside the Hillel building
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