Tag: Jewish Students

This podcast episode features Natalie Kahn, a Jewish student at Harvard University, discussing her shock and sense of betrayal when the campus newspaper she was involved with endorsed the antisemitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
In this article, the author discusses the issue of progressive antisemitism and the need to confront it within the progressive movement.
Intersectionality, originally a theory for understanding how different forms of oppression can intersect, has been distorted on college campuses into an ideology that divides people into two groups: the privileged and the oppressed.
A professor at Emerson College in Boston is being investigated after performing a Nazi salute in class.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has pledged to improve conditions for Jewish and pro-Israel students on campus after a federal complaint alleged an anti-Semitic climate.
The podcast "People of the Pod" covers three main topics: the aftermath of the UK general election, where Esther Offenberg shares insights on the feelings of the British Jewish community following the Conservative Party's win; Marc Stern discusses President Trump's executive order targeting antisemitism on college campuses; and Raoul Wootliff explains the reasons behind Israel's upcoming third election in a year.
Congresswoman Nita Lowey's retirement after 32 years in office is discussed on the latest episode of People of the Pod.
The article addresses the fine line between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism, emphasizing that while anti-Israel speech can often be anti-Semitic, it is still protected under free speech rights.
Jewish students at the University of Massachusetts have filed a lawsuit to block a panel featuring Linda Sarsour, Marc Lamont Hill, Dave Zirin, and Roger Waters due to their anti-Israel views, despite concerns about equating free speech with intimidation.
The article discusses the rise of Israel Apartheid Week (IAW) on college campuses, where events often promote BDS and target Jewish students, creating fear, intimidation, and anxiety among them.
The Israel on Campus Coalition, a major pro-Israel organization, monitored a gathering of progressive Jewish students from Open Hillel at Wesleyan University in 2016, using its significant resources and intelligence capabilities to keep an eye on the students advocating for open and inclusive Jewish communities.
Laura Adkins and Aiden Pink, journalists at The Forward, created a comprehensive guide ranking over 200 colleges for Jewish students based on factors such as Jewish a cappella groups, kosher food availability, and BDS presence on campus.
The article discusses the presence of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses, aiming to divest from companies affiliated with Israel.
Rabbi Yonah Schiller, the Executive Director of Tulane Hillel, has transformed Jewish outreach by implementing a unique model that prioritizes student leadership and innovation.
Jewish MIT students Jeremy Rubin and Dan Elitzer have initiated a groundbreaking project at the university, raising $500,000 to offer every undergraduate student $100 in bitcoins.
A young individual finds a job teaching Jewish history through drama at a temple's Sunday school despite having little experience.
Forty years after the tragic events at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, where four unarmed students were killed by National Guardsmen during Vietnam War protests, it is noted that three of the victims were Jewish.
Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) in Canada has highlighted a growing anti-Israel and anti-Semitic sentiment on Canadian campuses, despite the Canadian government's strong support for Israel in recent years.
The Association for Jewish Studies is hosting its annual meeting in Chicago, featuring numerous panels and presentations covering a wide range of topics related to Jewish studies across different disciplines, regions, and time periods.