Tag: Discrimination

The article discusses the concerns of queer Jews about participating in Pride events due to safety and geopolitical conflicts affecting their Jewish identity.
A task force at Harvard University has found a dire situation for Israeli students on campus, including exclusion, harassment, and discrimination.
The essay discusses how accusations of Jews engaging in a "competition of victimhood" by emphasizing their experiences with discrimination are a tactic of antisemitism.
Prof. Jeffrey Herf examines different forms of antisemitism in his book "The Three Faces of Antisemitism: Right, Left and Islamist."
The U.S. Department of Education found that the University of Michigan and City University of New York failed to protect Jewish students from discrimination following the Hamas attack on Israel in October 7.
Queer Jews are expressing fear of discrimination at Pride events due to increasing antisemitism and anti-Zionist sentiment within the LGBTQ community, exemplified by bans on Jewish symbols like Israeli flags and Stars of David at some marches.
The Hulu miniseries "Clipped" dramatizes the story of former Jewish L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling's downfall, focusing on his lifetime ban from the NBA in 2014 due to making racist comments about Black people.
A video featuring Shabbos Kestenbaum, a graduate student at Harvard Divinity School and lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against Harvard University for alleged antisemitism on campus, discusses his efforts to combat hatred towards Jewish people at the university.
New evidence has surfaced revealing that Jews, along with Black female jurors, were systematically excluded from Alameda County's death penalty juries in California dating back to 1977.
UC Berkeley has initiated a Title IX civil rights investigation following a confrontation between a law professor and a Muslim student activist at the professor's home.
The writer reflects on their experiences visiting Brown University and attending a rally at Columbia University amidst tensions related to the war in Gaza.
Final exams at Columbia University have been disrupted due to protests and arrests on campus, prompting the provost to shift to remote academic activities.
The article discusses a campaign led by Western government-funded NGOs under the guise of human rights that targets Israel and the Jewish people, using tactics including delegitimization and demonization.
Rabbi Michael Broyde discusses the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism in a Haaretz op-ed.
The YouTube video explores the connection between the Bene Menashe community in India and the tribe of Menashe, delving into their claims of descent from ancient Israel and the challenges they face in asserting their Jewish identity amidst ethnic violence and discrimination.
A recent survey conducted by the Pew Research Center reveals that most Americans, including almost 90% of American Jews, believe that antisemitism has increased since October 7.
Since the Hamas terror attacks on October 7, there has been a notable surge in antisemitism within British medicine, as evidenced by increased reports to the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Jewish Medical Association UK (JMA).
The U.S. Department of Education is launching a discrimination investigation into UC Santa Barbara following an incident where the Jewish student body president, Tessa Veksler, was targeted with inflammatory signs accusing her of supporting genocide.
British authorities are investigating an incident at Manchester airport where two Israeli survivors of an Oct. 7 attack were reportedly held and harassed by security after mentioning their ordeal with Hamas.
The U.S. Department of Education has resolved its investigation into a public school district in Park City, Utah, regarding reports of antisemitic harassment and other forms of discrimination.
Israels Black Panthers, a group of Mizrahi Jewish youth in the early 1970s, drew inspiration from the American Black Panthers to challenge discrimination against Mizrahi Jews in Israel.
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Yonkers Public Schools in New York for discrimination following an incident where girls basketball players insulted Jewish opponents with antisemitic slurs and pro-Palestinian rhetoric.
Students at Hunter College, including Gideon Askowitz, have been facing increasing antisemitism on campus.
On International Women's Day, Noa Tishby calls for global recognition of the sexual violence, torture, and murder perpetrated by Hamas against Israeli women on Oct. 7.
Orthodox Jewish student Shabbos Kestenbaum recently testified before the House Education and Workforce Committee about anti-Semitism on college campuses.