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Opinion UC Berkeley has many Jewish-filled ‘zones.’ If you want to support campus Jews, learn about them
Despite a decision by a small cohort to ban 'Zionist speakers,' Berkeley is not hostile to Jewish and Israeli students
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Culture At the Harvard of China, something brand nu — a class in Yiddish
At Peking University, students from a variety of majors are learning the alef-beys
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Fast Forward YU can block LGBTQ club for now, Supreme Court rules
A lower court in June ruled that the university's refusal to recognize the student group violated New York City's anti-discrimination law
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Fast Forward A USC student suffered anti-Zionist harassment. Now the Department of Education is hearing her case
A Title VI complaint alleged that the school failed to protect Ritch from harassment
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Books A Pulitzer-winning novel drops the Netanyahus in an American college town
Joshua Cohen's 2021 novel won the 2022 Pulitzer for Fiction.
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Opinion Getting drunk on Purim is dangerous, not a mitzvah
The most dangerous physical threat to our children and grandchildren on university campuses may not be COVID or antisemitism, but something well-intentioned leaders don’t even consider. In the United States, alcohol is a significant factor in deaths and injuries of college students and young professionals, making drinking one of the most dangerous parts of college….
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Fast Forward Jewish student group analyzes a year of antisemitism, finds concentration in the Northeast
An analysis of antisemitic incidents on college campuses tracked by a Jewish student group last year and released Monday found reports of bigotry split between classical antisemitic tropes and forms of anti-Zionism. Most responses collected for the report, compiled by Jewish on Campus, an undergraduate student-run nonprofit organization that started in July 2020 as an…
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Fast Forward Emerson professor who ‘sarcastically’ gave Nazi salute in class takes leave of absence
A professor at Emerson College in Boston is being investigated after performing a Nazi salute in class last semester. The accused professor, Brian McNeil, told The Berkeley Beacon, Emerson’s student newspaper, that his behavior was meant to parody Nazis, but also acknowledged how his actions could have been “perceived the wrong way.” The incident, which…
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Culture Louis Theroux’s Netflix documentary on the manosphere takes a detour into antisemitism
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Fast Forward Illinois primary pits Jewish candidate with deep Israel ties against AIPAC spending
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Opinion Trump has forced an impossible choice on American synagogues amid antisemitic attacks
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