Welcome to the Forward’s coverage of protests and demonstrations relating to Jewish issues.
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Opinion I was arrested protesting at Columbia in ’68. Today’s student encampments carry on a proud, brave tradition
Like the Vietnam War was nearly six decades ago, to many students, Israel's assault on Gaza feels deeply personal
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Fast Forward This rabbi is ‘horrified’ at how a song he wrote is being used at campus pro-Palestinian protests
Rabbi Menachem Creditor said he objects to ‘Olam Chesed Yibaneh’ used to protest Israel
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Looking Forward ‘All we can do is type’: Student journalists are essential in this fraught moment
The editor-in-chief of the Yale Daily News hardly slept for a week amid the crackdown on campus protests against Israel's war in Gaza
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Fast Forward Brown president tries a less confrontational approach to students’ Gaza encampment
President Cristina Paxson said the tents are 'not an arrestable offense,' striking a sharp contrast with other universities cracking down on protests
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Opinion Protesters at Columbia are fighting for our deepest values as Jews
The confluence of the outbreak of new protests with Passover is a reminder of what it means to fight for what's right
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News The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
NYC mayor thinks something’s not kosher with those tents. Others say, ‘You never heard of Amazon?’
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Opinion Edward Said tried to erase Jews. So do the pro-Palestinian Columbia protesters citing his legacy
I studied at Columbia with Said. His anti-colonial philosophy depended in part on pretending Palestinians were the real Jews
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Opinion ‘Egregious’: A legal perspective on Columbia University’s mass arrests
Lawyers from the New York ACLU shed light on the university’s ‘shocking’ response to student divestment protests
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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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Fast Forward Ursula Haverbeck, infamous German Holocaust denier known as ‘Nazi grandma,’ dies at 96
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