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Columbia federal contracts and grants worth billions at risk over campus antisemitism

“Americans have watched in horror for more than a year now, as Jewish students have been assaulted and harassed on elite university campuses," said Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

McMaster University suspends pro-Palestinian student group

“Let us be clear, the institutional violence the administration imposes on its students is the sole cause for all repressions against them,” SPHR said in a statement on Instagram. 

25/02/2025

More than half of Israeli universities fail to report sexual harassment complaints

The report found that some universities have only one staff member handling thousands of sexual harassment cases.

24/02/2025

'Hasbarah has failed us': A call for better Jewish advocacy education

Our Jewish heritage needs to be defended by a generation of American Jews who know and understand it.

By MASHA MERKULOVA
23/02/2025

Iranian police 'besiege' university dorms, four arrested, one beaten

Tehran University students began protesting over the death of a student during a robbery next to the university, leading to a crackdown by Iranian police.

100 years of Technion: Herzog presented with commemorative stamp

As the university celebrates its 100th anniversary, it continues to expand its impact on the global stage.

A grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI,’ Ted Cruz says

A study of Hebrew grammar's noun genders was flagged as "woke" in Senator Cruz's new database of federal grants, one of seven Israel-linked projects targeted despite his strong support for Israel.

By ANDREW LAPIN/JTA
13/02/2025
 US PRESIDENT Donald Trump greets Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House last week. Im

Trump's 'Mar-a-Gaza' plan breaks academia's two-state dogma

The plan will either be used to further demonize Trump and Israel, or it could set a precedent for thinking outside the box – not only in the Middle Eastern domain but across other academic areas.

By SABRINA SOFFER
12/02/2025

Columbia University students hold lecture teaching ‘lessons’ of First Intifada

Columbia University stated that CUAD was not 'recognized, authorized, or supported' by the institution and that the University rejects 'materials that glorify violence.'

Hebrew Union College’s New York campus will relocate to the Upper West Side

Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion revealed that it has purchased 56 West 66th Street, the former First Battery Armory.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
08/02/2025
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