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Northwestern students agree to dismantle anti-Israel encampment, as Columbia protesters take over university building

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A police officer on horseback confronts pro-Palestinian protesters

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Brandeis extends transfer deadline, appealing to Jewish students distressed by campus anti-Israel unrest

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Northwestern students agree to dismantle anti-Israel encampment, as Columbia protesters take over university building

An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel

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Two more hostages, including an American Israeli, are seen in video released by Hamas

After USC cancels graduation amid Israel protests, some Jewish students question their place on campus

Source: Blinken hasn’t decided whether to sanction Israel for alleged abuses by one of its army units

The Jewish Sport Report: For Max Fried and Dean Kremer’s Passover dominance, dayenu

Ritchie Torres, Mike Lawler introduce bill that would allow feds to name antisemitism monitors to campuses

Israeli police arrest author Ayelet Waldman and 6 others in Gaza border protest

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We in the Israel-politics ‘sandwich generation’ need our Jewish institutions to change how they define antisemitism

The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

In a first, Massachusetts lawmakers delay budget fight to accommodate Passover observance

Seeking out sites from the bygone Borscht Belt? New historical markers lay out a path.

Hundreds of students arrested from Texas to California as college Israel protests continue

Former employee used AI to frame Baltimore school principal as antisemitic and racist, police say

US and 17 other countries with hostages in Gaza call for their release in exchange for a ceasefire

Brandeis extends transfer deadline, appealing to Jewish students distressed by campus anti-Israel unrest

American-Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is seen alive in apparently recent video released by Hamas

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