2024 campus Israel protests

UCLA allowed antisemitism to fester amid pro-Palestinian protests, task force concludes

In a survey of students, faculty and staff, 28 people said they were assaulted and 74 threatened because of their Jewish or Israeli identities, according to a report by UCLA’s antisemitism task force.

Ideas

For the sake of Israel, it’s time to retire the word ‘Zionism’

Two professors at Case Western Reserve University urge a linguistic solution to tensions on college campuses.

Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel — but aren’t giving protesters what they wanted

Still, Jewish leaders are skittish as a divestment vote nears at Brown University.

A university president in a gown walks out a door during commencement

United States

Universities are trying a new strategy on Israel and Gaza: Say nothing

United States

Engagement in campus Jewish life spiked after Oct. 7 but has since dropped down somewhat, Tufts study finds

United States

Man arrested after allegedly attacking Jewish students at University of Pittsburgh

The Sit-Down

A literary critic on why the ‘settler colonial’ framing is bad for Israel and Palestine

Politics

Republicans cheer Shabbos Kestenbaum, Harvard grad who is suing school over post-Oct. 7 antisemitism

Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel demonstrators square off outside Columbia University, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)

New York

Columbia suspends 3 administrators over disparaging texts during panel on campus Jewish life

Thousands of pro-Palestinian demonstrators wearing red clothes surrounded the White House with a long red banner symbolizing President Biden's 'red line' regarding an Israeli invasion of Rafah. (Probal Rashid/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Politics

Thousands protest Biden’s Israel policies outside White House

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