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'Eretz Nehederet' skewers Eurovision, mocks Columbia protesters in skit

At the end, the entire cast appeared in T-shirts bearing the names of kibbutzim and communities that have been abandoned since October 7.

'Freshman fear': How Antisemitism tainted my first year at Columbia University

'I am deeply disappointed in my school’s failure to protect me, but I am even more disappointed in my peers for refusing to remove antisemitic rhetoric from their movement' says Sophie Kasson.

By SOPHIE KASSON
14/05/2024

Columbia's graduation stage turned into a platform for protest

One student appeared to have the name of a Hamas leader — Mazen Jamal Al-Natsheh — written on her cap as she accepted her degree.

The 'patriot rabbi' of Columbia University who ensured Jews were welcome

Remembering Columbia University’s ‘patriot rabbi’ amid student protests.

By RON RUBIN
11/05/2024

300 Jewish Columbia students decry campus antisemitism in anti-Israel cloak

The letter argued that Jewish self-determination in their historic homeland was an integral part of Jewish identity.

'Don't conflate legitimate protest with hate speech' MK Rothman says at Holocaust memorial event

MK Rothman spoke on the Jewish struggle in the Diaspora and the dangers of enabling terror incitement under the guise of protest following the wave of demonstrations across campuses in America.

‘Student intifada here to stay’: Harvard activists defy suspension threat

Harvard out of Occupied Palestine’s press statement declared that “The student intifada is here to stay at Harvard."

Jewish author Nathan Thrall, Reuters, and New York Times win Pulitzers for controversial reporting

The Pulitzer Prizes awarded include Nathan Thrall's book, Reuters and The New York Times reports on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and Vladimir Kara-Murza's commentary.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
07/05/2024
 NYPD law enforcement officials hold a perimeter of closed streets surrounding Columbia U. camp

Conservative US judges boycott Columbia grads over campus Gaza protests

The judges who signed Monday's letter were all appointed by Trump, who has praised the New York Police Department's response to the protesters.

By REUTERS
06/05/2024

Columbia cancels commencement amid pro-Palestinian protests

Columbia’s commencement announcement came hours before its own journalism school prepared to announce the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prizes, the prestigious journalism and literature prize.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
06/05/2024
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