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Fast Forward Many Jewish students say pro-Palestinian encampments make them feel less safe, Hillel survey finds
Nearly three-quarters of Jewish students whose schools had encampments want their administrations to take action to end them
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Fast Forward Critics say poster depicting Harvard’s Jewish president as a devil was antisemitic
Pro-Palestinian group removes the sign from encampment
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Fast Forward Students walk out as Jerry Seinfeld, a recent Israel advocate, delivers Duke commencement address
Seinfeld has drawn protests since visiting Israel and meeting with hostage families in December
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News Despite deep divides over Gaza, a Jewish leader seeks allies in defense of democracy
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, says extremists on both sides are trying to drive wedges between Jews and their allies
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Fast Forward MIT clears encampment, arrests 10 students
As spring semester ends, the Israel-Gaza war continues to reverberate on US campuses
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Fast Forward After making deals with protesters, universities are granting hearings on Israel divestment
Over the past week, several colleges have convinced their encampments to pack up peacefully in exchange for some form of public debate or review of divestment
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News At Washington University, 2 Jewish seniors differ on Israel, but share a sense of loss
Neither fit neatly on either side of the campus conflict. Both left Wash. U spaces where they once felt at home
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First Person ‘Solidarity had morphed into a nightmare’: A journalist goes inside the encampment at the University of British Columbia
While the pro-Palestine encampments across Canada have largely been peaceful, Hadani Ditmars describes how protesters ended up escorting her out
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Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
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Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
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Opinion Just about every interpretation of Trump’s narrow election victory is wrong
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News Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
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