This is the Forward’s coverage of campus issues affecting Jewish students at colleges and universities across the U.S.
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Fast Forward Leon Botstein, Bard College’s pioneering Jewish president, to retire amid Jeffrey Epstein ties
Botstein will continue to live and work on campus, he told the community
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Opinion I’m an Orthodox student in NYC. I’m grateful Mamdani vetoed the school buffer bill
I learn from debating with my classmates, not from having their speech silenced
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
Two opposing letters are circulating among undergrads at the college, a bastion of Israel support
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News Former Columbia professor tells NYU students to learn from Hamas at off-campus event
Mohamed Abdou urged NYU students to embrace violence as a tactic, drawing condemnation from the university
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Fast Forward UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
The body criticized UCLA and Hillel for 'selective platforming'
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Fast Forward Flyers for ‘IsraelFest’ at New York high school ended up in a urinal. Now the school board president is facing calls to resign.
The incident in Scarsdale, New York, has drawn national attention
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News University of Michigan regents race turns into Israel litmus test for Democrats
Republican Lena Epstein, with past ties to Messianic Judaism, sees an opening after Democrats nominated Amir Makled, who faces scrutiny for past Hezbollah praise and antisemitic posts, for University of Michigan Board of Regents
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Opinion Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree
A new House report on campus antisemitism seems to have involved minimal engagement with actual Jews at actual universities
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Theater ‘Dirty Dancing’ be damned. A new musical shows another side of the Borscht Belt
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Fast Forward Trump says he plans to talk to Hezbollah amid Iran peace efforts
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Fast Forward American Jewish leaders across the political spectrum express alarm at Trump’s Iran deal
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News Can a liberal Zionist win with the pro-Palestinian movement? Brad Lander is trying.
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News For Iranian Jews who have been cheering Trump on, his new deal is hard to stomach