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Jews at Harvard are still worried about antisemitism — and about Trump’s response to it

JL;DR SUMMARY Jewish students at Harvard University face uncertainty due to a potential Trump administration policy that could strip the university of its ability to enroll foreign students, including many Jews from Israel. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish CommunityTrump AdministrationJewish StudentsHarvard UniversityCampus ActivismIsraeli StudentsInternational StudentsTitle Vi LawsuitsBiomedical Research Funding

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Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
"Alex Friedman, who just finished his second year at Harvard Law School, said he left Cambridge last month feeling cautiously optimistic about the direction in which the university is moving."
Israel
"160 of them are from Israel."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"A banner reading There Are No Universities Left in Gaza was briefly unfurled on the steps of the main library before being confiscated by campus police, the Harvard Crimson reported."

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