Campus encampments return one year later, and pro-Palestinian protests spark 15 arrests
Pro-Palestinian protests at Swarthmore College, UCLA, and Rutgers lead to arrests
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Fast Forward Swarthmore Student Government Approves BDS Resolution
(JTA) — Swarthmore College’s student government voted to approve a resolution calling on the university to divest from companies that do business with Israel related to the West Bank. The March 3 vote by the Student Government Organization came a month after the resolution was rejected at a similar closed-meeting vote. The student government at the…
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Fast Forward Swarthmore College Offers ‘Alternative Hummus Brand’ After SJP Targets Sabra
(JTA) — Swarthmore College will not discontinue the sale of Sabra hummus on campus, its president announced. Instead, campus dining halls and convenience stores will provide an “alternate hummus brand” on campus. The Swarthmore Students for Justice in Palestine had presented College President Valerie Smith with a petition signed by hundreds of students requesting that…
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News Why Doesn’t Hillel List Swarthmore Or Wesleyan In Its College Guide?
Hillel’s College Guide lists 981 colleges and universities, from IDC Herziliya to Southern Methodist. And yet, Swarthmore and Wesleyan, where students participated in the controversial Open Hillel movement, are missing from the list entirely. Guilford and Vassar, the other two schools commonly affiliated with the movement, are listed in the guide. They remain affiliated with…
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Fast Forward Swarthmore Hillel Votes to Rename Itself ‘Kehilah’
Swarthmore College’s former Hillel has voted to rename itself Swarthmore Kehilah. The name change announced on Sunday follows the decision by the campus Jewish organization to drop its affiliation with Hillel International, due to restrictions on Israel issues. The decision of the name Kehilah, which means Community, was made through an open submission process for…
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Opinion Shame on Hillel for Shunning Civil Rights Veterans
In 1964, Queens College student Mark Levy – one of the four authors of this piece – traveled to Meridian, Mississippi with the Mississippi Freedom Summer project, registering African Americans to vote. When he tried to go to synagogue in Meridian, before he ascended the stairs outside, a representative of the synagogue came out and…
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Opinion Swarthmore Hillel Puts ‘Open’ Status to Good Use
Swarthmore Hillel students It was 5:25pm when I walked into the room full of murmuring college students. Swarthmore Hillel’s first event addressing the conflict in Israel and Palestine was about to begin. I took my seat among the 60 other students, who were all chatting amiably and nervously, waiting for the event to start. I…
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News Feud Over Hillel Pro-Israel Rule Sparks New Controversy at California College
It all started innocently enough: The Israel Committee of Santa Barbara, Calif., which works with the local chapter of Hillel, American Jewry’s on campus program for students, invited author David Harris-Gershon to keynote its annual Israel educational event in April. Harris-Gershon expected to talk about his recent book, which tells the tale of his reconciliation…
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