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Flyers At Three Universities Blame Jews For Kavanaugh Assault Allegations
“The message on these flyers is reprehensible and does not represent who we are as a community,” said the UC Davis chancellor.
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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 Hillel International, while Wesleyan and Swarthmore are not.
Like the Maccabees, Vassar’s Jewish Community is Small But Mighty
I love Vassar’s Jewish community. We are, much like the Maccabees, small but mighty.
Are These Colleges ‘The Worst’ for Jews?
Everyone loves lists. Lists are fun and informative, and ranked lists in particular help us make decisions more efficiently. But lists are also deceptively powerful: it’s really hard for a person to properly judge the objective value of something distinct from its ranking once they’ve seen it on a ranked list, whether that “something” is a brand of car, a style of sweater, or a college. There’s a reason so many universities have been caught cheating the U.S. News and World Report’s rigorous ranking system: it pays to do so.
Vassar Through the Eyes of a Non-Jewish Zionist Professor
Michaela Pohl, who has been teaching at Vassar since 1999, is not Jewish — but students have called her a ‘Zionist’ and an ‘idiot’ for speaking out against the school’s BDS resolution.
How Jewish Students Like Me Got Bullied at Vassar BDS Vote
Jason Storch says that pro-BDS students at Vassar have pursued an aggressive campaign of intimidation, leaving Jewish peers silenced, heckled and mocked.
Vassar Students Vote 15-7 for BDS Measure
The student government of Vassar College voted for a resolution calling for a statement supporting a boycott of Israel.
No, Vassar Isn't a Hotbed of Anti-Semitism. Trust Me, I Should Know!
Vassar College is the place where junior Abigail Johnson feels most Jewish. So why do media reports keep portraying it as someplace any Jewish student would feel unsafe?
Vassar OK's Funds for J Street Group After Delay
Vassar College’s student council delayed approval of a funding request from J Street U, a left-wing pro-Israel group, because of concerns that it would be supporting a racist ideology.