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

“Our campus has become such a spotlight,” one student said. “It used to be a place where we learned and studied, and now it’s this hotbox of tension and news and all eyes are on us.”

New York

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

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

United States

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

Israel

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

United States

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

By Philissa Cramer April 25, 2024 9:01 am

Israel

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

By JTA Staff April 24, 2024 12:57 pm

Teen Fellowship Israel

They came to America to teach teens about Israel. Then war in Gaza changed the curriculum.

By Eliana Rosen April 24, 2024 11:01 am

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

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

Ideas

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

Obituaries

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering woman comic book artist, a British children’s book author who raised three Israeli sons

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 23, 2024 2:00 pm

Teen Fellowship Culture

These young adult novels are expanding the way literature depicts Jewish teens

By Alinea Kirshenbaum April 23, 2024 10:01 am

New York

Generations of immigrants to the Lower East Side are celebrated in a new picture book

By Lisa Keys April 23, 2024 9:50 am

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Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide

By Andrew Lapin April 22, 2024 5:58 pm

Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside of Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New York

Columbia protests: Israeli professor barred from campus and Congress members demand action to protect Jewish students

By Luke Tress April 22, 2024 5:34 pm

Obituaries

Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 22, 2024 4:19 pm

Politics

Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns, taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures

By Ron Kampeas April 22, 2024 4:04 pm

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

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

ISRAEL

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

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

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

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

They came to America to teach teens about Israel. Then war in Gaza changed the curriculum.

IDEAS

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.

Jewish Life Stories: A pioneering woman comic book artist, a British children’s book author who raised three Israeli sons

These young adult novels are expanding the way literature depicts Jewish teens

Generations of immigrants to the Lower East Side are celebrated in a new picture book

Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide

Columbia protests: Israeli professor barred from campus and Congress members demand action to protect Jewish students

Rabbi Albert Thaler, founding director of Ramah Nyack day camp, dies at 91

Israel’s military intelligence chief resigns, taking responsibility for Oct. 7 failures

From the Archives

Wyden Election Win in Oregon Means Return of Senate Minyan

Oswiecim Commander Boasts at Nuremberg Trial of Efficiency in Exterminating 3,000,000

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