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0 Antisemitism Politics

Federal judge allows Northwestern to block enrollment for students who boycotted antisemitism training

Grace Gilson in JTA · 21 Oct

Northwestern University faced legal challenges after implementing mandatory antisemitism training, which a judge ruled could be enforced despite protests.

0 Education Antisemitism

Dozens of Northwestern students face penalties for boycotting required antisemitism training video

Grace Gilson in JTA · 30 Sep

Following a boycott by Northwestern University students against a mandated antisemitism training video, the university clarified fewer than three dozen students were penalized, not hundreds.

0 Antisemitism Education

Hundreds of Northwestern students can’t register for class because they won’t watch an antisemitism training video. Here’s what’s in it.

Hannah Feuer in Forward · 29 Sep

Amidst a campus controversy, over 300 Northwestern University students faced registration blocks for refusing to watch a mandatory antisemitism training video, which some argue sidelines Palestinian perspectives and alienates anti-Zionist Jews.

0 Education Communities

An effort is underway to launch a Jewish high school in Chicago, where antisemitism concerns run high

Grace Gilson in JTA · 7 Aug

Chicago's Jewish community is mobilizing to establish a Jewish high school within the city, addressing both the desire for a local Jewish educational option and concerns over rising antisemitism in existing schools.

0 Antisemitism Education

Chicago school district, where students walked out to protest Israel-Hamas war, now faces federal Title VI investigation

Andrew Lapin in Forward · 21 Feb 2024

The Department of Education is launching an investigation under Title VI into Chicago Public Schools and Natick Public Schools in Massachusetts following incidents related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.

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Once, this play about an underground abortion network was history; now, it’s timelier than ever

ALanger in Forward · 3 Oct 2023

"Jane: Abortion and the Underground" is a play by Paula Kamen that tells the story of the Jane Collective, an underground abortion network that operated before the legalization of abortion in the United States.

0 Communities Leadership

Letter To The Editor

Forward · 28 Dec 2018

David Sherman, a member of the search committee for the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago, expressed disappointment in the coverage of Lonnie Nasatir's selection as President-Elect, considering it a missed opportunity to celebrate a significant moment in the Chicago Jewish community.