Academia
A student at West Virginia University has been punished by his school for passing out a pro-Israel book by Alan Dershowitz as part of an educational community service initiative. The student — Eliyahu Itkowitz, a religious Jew who just finished his freshman-year at WVU — was passing out copies of the book
Academia
School officials at the University of Sydney in Australia, along with local police, have launched a swift investigation into a professor who posted last week about “killing” Jews who believe in Israel’s right to exist. Fahad Ali — a noted Palestinian activist who teaches biology — took to Twitter on June
Academia
As a higher education reporter of nearly a decade, I have witnessed the far left’s progressive orthodoxy worm its way deeper and deeper into academia. Despite President Trump’s missives on DEI and antisemitism in education, the rot has never seemed worse. In this environment, it’s almost impossible
Academia
When I began studying at Barnard College of Columbia University in 2015, I was on a full-ride scholarship. Coming from a foster-care type upbringing, I had no family. No friends in NYC. And no support system. But I was full of hope, excitement and dreams to study. But when a
Academia
An Arabic professor at Portland State University has been put on leave after allegedly claiming to be part of Hamas during an interview that was caught on camera in Beaverton, Oregon. The professor — Dr. Yasmeen S. Hanoosh — who once served as a translation fellow for the National Endowment for the
Antisemitism
"People could die. This is discrimination"
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Dear friends, Last night, on the Shabbat of Behar-Bechukotai, the 26th of Iyyar, 5785, I officially converted to Judaism. After studying Judaism in Brooklyn for 2 years when I lived in Manhattan and Brooklyn, I moved to an area without a temple for almost 4 years to recover from anorexia.
Academia
A professor at the prestigious Berklee College of Music — often compared to The Juilliard School in Manhattan — has been fired after years of antisemitic comments surfaced, with the African American professor now, surprisingly, claiming that he himself is the victim of antisemitism. Berklee College of Music has fired their Brass
Antisemitism
The following is Elias Rodriguez’s manifesto, published a day before he entered the Capitol Jewish Museum, where two people—Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 27—were killed. The two were a couple, and Yaron had planned to fly to Israel next week with her to propose in front
Antisemitism
Two members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., were murdered shortly after 9:00 p.m. last night when a gunman breached an event at the Capitol Jewish Museum and opened fire. The victims, Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgram, 27, met while working at the Israeli Embassy.
Academia
In what appears to be an almost impossible academic publication, three self-identified queer graduates from Yale-NUS (Yale University-Singapore) have managed to get one of their “zines” published by Taylor & Francis—one of the top five academic publishers in the world. The paper — titled “The Anthropussy: An Ecolesbian Manifesto” — was
Colleges
The following essay comes to you from Stacy Gittelman, former Detroit Jewish News freelance reporter and award winning journalist of 12 years. Tag along on her future journey by visiting her new blog, LaKoom. After 12 years of churning out award-winning journalism as a freelancer for the Detroit Jewish News,