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Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)

In new letter, Mahmoud Khalil downplays campus antisemitism and accuses some students of ‘participating in the genocide’

The detained Columbia grad and other students filed a lawsuit seeking to block the university from sending disciplinary records to a House committee last month.

US Naval Academy removed books about the Holocaust, antisemitism and Jewish Americans ahead of Hegseth visit

The removals came as the academy also briefly pulled down a display honoring Jewish female graduates.

Jews at a rally holding signs reading "Jews and Muslims United" and "Jews Against Illegal Abductions"

Jews at Tufts are furious over ICE seizing a pro-Palestinian grad student. But they’re wary of joining protests for her.

Some activists have sought to turn Rümeysa Öztürk’s case into a rallying cry against Israel, turning off some Jews.

Federal spending cuts could affect aid for Holocaust survivors and kosher Meal on Wheels deliveries

Sen. John Fetterman and Gisele Barreto Fetterman, pictured in 2023. (Patricia Schlein/Star Max/GC Images)

Pennsylvania Jewish groups condemn ‘genocide’ slogan on Gisele Fetterman’s charity

The Ben of Ben & Jerry’s is asking Unilever to free his ice cream brand

Brown U leaders praise Jewish life on campus as Trump expected to slash $500M

ADL upgrades 19 colleges’ antisemitism ‘grades,’ as some enact new policies

Hillel CEO says he shares ‘concerns’ over campus deportations, calls for due process

Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ includes 17% tariffs on Israeli imports, even as Israel cancels tariffs on US goods

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