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After Speaker Calls Oct. 7 a ‘Beautiful Day’ and Other Offenses, UNC Center One of Many Set to Close
2+ hour, 19+ min ago (471+ words) Wednesday, December 24th | 4 Tevet 5786 Several media outlets are'reporting that the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill "s Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies is scheduled to close in 2026. This comes as welcome news to all those who seek…...
Northwestern University’s Doha Campus a ‘Pipeline’ for Qatari Elites, New Report Finds
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (476+ words) Monday, December 22nd | 3 Tevet 5786 The children of the Qatari aristocracy are vastly overrepresented at the Northwestern University campus in Qatar (NU-Q), a fact that, according to a new report, undermines the school's mission to foster academic excellence by acting in practice…...
‘Jew Money’: Pennsylvania School District Principal Faces Termination Over Antisemitic Voicemail
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (265+ words) Monday, December 22nd | 2 Tevet 5786 The Wissahickon School District (WSD) in Pennsylvania has initiated termination proceedings against a school principal who allegedly, and accidentally, left an antisemitic voicemail on the answering machine service of a Jewish parent, in another blow to a…...
Harvard President Alan Garber to Stay ‘Indefinitely’
1+ week, 21+ hour ago (310+ words) Tuesday, December 16th | 26 Kislev 5786 Harvard University will retain Alan Garber as president for an "indefinite" period, the Harvard Corporation announced on Tuesday in a statement which commended the leadership and presence of the man who has led the institution through a…...
University of Sydney Fires Staff Member Over Antisemitic Abuse of Students
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (594+ words) Tuesday, December 16th | 26 Kislev 5786 The University of Sydney in Australia has dismissed an employee who was filmed shrieking at Jewish students over their support for Israel, a tirade in which she described them as "depraved" and inhuman. "They're shredding children!" staff…...
Middle East Scholars Hope New Book on Oct. 7 Will Combat the ‘Promotion of Fallacies on Campus’
1+ week, 5+ day ago (316+ words) Friday, December 12th | 22 Kislev 5786 A consortium of Middle East scholars, as well as one student, has published a new book examining the impact of Hamas's Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel on geopolitics, media, and the landscape of higher education, The Algemeiner'recently…...
UC Berkeley Settles Lawsuit Brought by Israeli Professor Denied Teaching Position
2+ week, 1+ min ago (725+ words) Wednesday, December 10th | 20 Kislev 5786 The University of California, Berkeley has agreed to pay a five-figure sum to settle claims that it unlawfully denied a teaching position to a dance instructor because she is Israeli, both the victim's legal counsel, provided by…...
‘Loud, Bold, and Unchecked’: New Campus Antisemitism Report Card Fails the Ivy League
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (174+ words) Tuesday, December 9th | 19 Kislev 5786 StopAntisemitism, a Jewish civil rights advocacy group, has conferred mediocre and failing grades to over a dozen elite American colleges in a new annual report, citing the institutions" failing to mount a meaningful response to the campus…...
Sarah Lawrence College: When Students Come Back to Campus and Find Hate on the Wall
2+ week, 1+ day ago (694+ words) Tuesday, December 9th | 19 Kislev 5786 It was not a poster that could be removed, nor a handheld sign carried by students for an hour and then forgotten. It was painted directly onto the physical heart of the college, on a building that…...
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro Vows to Fight K-12 Antisemitism in Philadelphia
2+ week, 1+ day ago (356+ words) Monday, December 8th | 18 Kislev 5786 Administrative officials representing Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro have vowed to place K-12 antisemitism in Philadelphia public schools among its top priorities, citing rising incidents of hatred in schools across the city. Lapowsky's comments come days after the US…...