This is the Forward’s coverage of campus issues affecting Jewish students at colleges and universities across the U.S.
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Opinion An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel
Student activists are denying Jews the rights and dignity that they seek for Palestinians, writes a rabbi, author and Columbia alumna
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News After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus
“Our campus has become such a spotlight,” one student said. “It used to be a place where we learned and studied, and now it’s this hotbox of tension and news and all eyes are on us"
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News Israelis see antisemitism — and foreign interests — as fueling campus protests
'I feel safer here where I’m protected as a Jew,' American student in Israel says, despite living amid war
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Fast Forward Israeli opposition leader fears Israel will be blamed if Biden loses reelection
‘A lot of people in the Democratic Party are going to say it’s because of Israel, or at least this is going to be one of the claims,’ Yair Lapid said in a podcast interview
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Opinion This Passover, college campuses like mine are caught in a very narrow place
How remembering our enslavement and liberation can help us navigate out of it
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News ADL chief backs campus crackdowns. As a student, he stood up for free speech — even by antisemites
At Tufts in 1992, Jonathan Greenblatt urged students to engage with a Black nationalist who called Jews 'bloodsuckers'
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Opinion I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition
Like the Vietnam War was nearly six decades ago, to many students, Israel's assault on Gaza feels deeply personal
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Fast Forward This rabbi is ‘horrified’ at how a song he wrote is being used at campus pro-Palestinian protests
Rabbi Menachem Creditor said he objects to ‘Olam Chesed Yibaneh’ used to protest Israel
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Fast Forward Unarmed man who tackled Bondi Beach Hanukkah attacker identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed
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Opinion I grew up believing Australia was the best place to be Jewish. This Hanukkah shooting forces a reckoning I do not want.
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Fast Forward Hanukkah shooting leaves at least 15 dead at Australia’s most popular beach
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Fast Forward Father and son suspects in Bondi Beach Hanukkah attack identified as Sajid and Naveed Akram by law enforcement
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Antisemitism Decoded Some people are learning the wrong lessons from Ahmed al Ahmed
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Fast Forward At White House Hanukkah party, Trump says Congress ‘is becoming antisemitic’
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Letters Australia’s Yiddish community is thriving, not reviving
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Opinion Jewish identity surges after Bondi, highlighting internal divisions — and the potential for renewed Black-Jewish cooperation
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