This is the Forward’s coverage of protests and demonstrations relating to Jewish issues.
Protests
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News Students retake encampment at MIT, where protests take on a mathematical spin
At one the world’s greatest centers for science, protesters draw on math theory and a pro-Israel engineering student invokes her Muslim father
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Opinion Student protesters want universities to ‘divest’ from Israel. But how much have they actually invested?
Demands for divestment have included cutting ties with multinational giants like Google
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Fast Forward Columbia’s president releases a video addressing decision to call police to campus
University President Nemat Shafik had kept a low profile in the days since she asked New York City police to retake a building from student protesters
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Opinion I’m a Zionist at Columbia. The protesters at Hamilton Hall were a threat to Jewish students like me
I began my freshman year hopefully. Then pro-Palestinian protesters became increasingly radicalized
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News ‘Everyone gets to be uncomfortable’: How Jewish students at Brown kept antisemitism at bay
Other university protesters made headlines for antisemitic chants. Brown students charted a different course.
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Looking Forward Fact, fiction, and the campus protester who got arrested on his birthday
The problem with the Gaza solidarity encampments isn't antisemitism. It's that they've become a distraction from the war itself.
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Opinion Student activists aren’t antisemites; they’re partners in a dance of death
With their extremist rhetoric and tactics, demonstrators risk becoming a mirror-image of their opponents on the far right
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Fast Forward Poll: 47% of US voters believe campuses should ban pro-Palestinian protests
Survey also shows more voters support humanitarian aid to Palestinians than military aid to Israel
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Opinion The Iran war ended terribly for the US, and even worse for Israel
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Opinion Cultural boycotts of Israel just reached peak absurdity
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Film & TV In ‘Disclosure Day,’ Steven Spielberg finds himself at odds with Jewish thought about aliens
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Culture ‘My mayor Muslim, my bagel Jewish’ — the Knicks chant capturing New York’s soul
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Fast Forward Alex Bores’ supporters disagree on Israel. They agree on him.
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Fast Forward Organizers of London Israeli real estate fair apologize after West Bank properties surface despite denials
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Fast Forward Far-right YouTuber raises nearly $20K for Cornell student who said he was ‘not interested in working for a jew’
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Fast Forward In Trump deal, Iran can have ballistic missiles and billions of dollars – but must give up nukes