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Fast Forward USC Shoah Foundation distances itself from pro-Palestinian valedictorian whose speech was canceled
Asna Tabassum citing her “resistance to genocide” minor when decrying USC’s decision to bar her from speaking, which the school said stemmed from safety concerns
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Fast Forward USC cancels commencement speech from Muslim valedictorian after she shared link to anti-Israel website
The school’s provost said the decision ‘has nothing to do with free speech’
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Fast Forward The ADL’s new ‘report card’ for campus antisemitism gets an F from Hillel and some Jewish students
One Hillel director called the grade her school received a “massive oversimplification” of complicated yet vibrant realities for Jewish students
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Fast Forward Anti-Defamation League blasts Ivy League in annual campus report card
Only two universities earned "A" grades from the nonprofit
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Opinion I’m a Jewish college student. I wish external activists were promoting education, not confrontation
Colleges are meant for learning, not fighting
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestine group at Harvard organizes student referendum on Israel divestment
University opposes Israel boycotts but students say Harvard’s money is ‘not neutral’
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News ‘This is not your house’: Anti-Israel protester disrupts Berkeley law dean’s backyard dinner, refuses to leave
“I am appalled and deeply disturbed by what occurred at Dean Chemerinsky’s home last night,” said UC Berkeley Chancellor Carol Christ
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Fast Forward Princeton joins list of Ivy Leagues under Title VI antisemitism investigation, against the wishes of its Jewish leaders
The investigation relates to a conservative activist’s complaint about a pro-Palestinian protest
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
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Culture An Israeli genocide scholar looks to Israel’s history to understand ‘what went wrong’
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.
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Looking Forward My artist grandmother nearly made aliyah. I don’t know what she’d think of Israel today
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Holy Ground A Jewish farmer broke ground on a synagogue in an Illinois cornfield. His neighbors showed up to help.