This is the Forward’s coverage of campus issues affecting Jewish students at colleges and universities across the U.S.
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News Jeff Tweedy’s son became a ‘pariah’ on his college campus after speaking up for Israel
“As long as you’re not willing to call for the destruction of the State of Israel… you’re in for some trouble as a Jewish young person or college student,” said the son of the Wilco songwriter
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Fast Forward Suspended at Columbia, pro-Palestinian protesters fill streets outside campus gates
About 200 hundred protesters chanted on Broadway from 115th to 116th streets in an authorized protest
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Opinion How the war has (and hasn’t) upended cancel culture
A review of the recent history of debate over open debate about Israel
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Fast Forward Students for Justice in Palestine suspended at George Washington University, adding to a growing trend
The suspension follows the group’s projections of anti-Israel messages on the side of a campus library
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Fast Forward Meeting a deadline, Education Department briefs Jewish groups on new efforts to combat campus antisemitism
Attendees were divided over just how aggressively the education department should prioritize antisemitism concerns
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Fast Forward Jewish students assaulted and Hillel targeted at Ohio State, prompting state to beef up police presence
Two Jewish students were punched in an apparent hate crime, while other students stole Israel flags from the campus Hillel
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Fast Forward MIT partially suspends students who occupied building for pro-Palestinian ‘die-in’
The university did not specify whether the suspensions affected protesters or counter-protesters
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Fast Forward Columbia suspends Students for Justice in Palestine and Jewish anti-Zionist group citing ‘threatening rhetoric’
A university official accused SJP and another club, Jewish Voice for Peace, of violating school policies
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