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Former Columbia professor tells NYU students to learn from Hamas at off-campus event
1+ hour, 49+ min ago (495+ words) By Simone Saidmehr April 22, 2026 The event was part of a campus tour series titled "Death to the Akademy." In March, Abdou lectured a student group at the Union Theological Seminary, a Columbia affiliate, where he encouraged students to engage in…...
UCLA student government condemns campus Hillel for hosting former hostage
21+ hour, 12+ min ago (459+ words) By Louis Keene April 21, 2026 A campus event featuring freed Israeli hostage Omer Shem Tov drew the condemnation of UCLA's student government on Tuesday. In an open letter, the UCLA Students Associated Council said that bringing Tov to speak to students…...
Flyers for 'Israel Fest' at New York high school ended up in a urinal. Now the school board president is facing calls to resign.
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (684+ words) (JTA) " The school board president in a heavily Jewish suburb of New York City is facing calls to resign after flyers promoting a student-led Israeli culture club event were torn down and later found in a boys" bathroom urinal last…...
Congress thinks my college is failing on antisemitism. My Jewish students disagree
2+ day, 3+ hour ago (736+ words) Joel Swanson April 20, 2026 I teach Jewish and non-Jewish students " bright, inquisitive young people eager to learn about Jewish history, Jewish thought and Jewish identity. I have worked with Jewish student groups. I am, professionally and personally, someone whose entire working…...
Alabama is forcing the Ten Commandments into my children's classrooms. As a rabbi, I'm horrified
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (640+ words) As of this month, many public schools in Alabama are required to display the Ten Commandments in classrooms, libraries, lunchrooms and all other common spaces. The Ten Commandments are a sacred Jewish text. They were given to the Jewish people,…...
As Ohio again tries to block Hebrew Union College's restructuring, a new rabbinical school emerges in Cincinnati
1+ week, 33+ min ago (431+ words) The campus of Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 21, 2019. (Warren Le May via Creative Commons) (JTA) " The attorney general of Ohio has filed a second lawsuit against the nation's largest Reform rabbinical school over the planned shuttering of its…...
Top British private Jewish school closing amid funding challenges
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (753+ words) (JTA) " Immanuel College, a top-ranked Jewish private day school in the outskirts of London, announced on Tuesday that it will close its doors at the end of this year amid financial pressures and declining enrollment. "This is an incredibly difficult…...
A farewell to Hampshire College, site of my Yiddish awakening
1+ week, 9+ hour ago (128+ words) The author makes an auspicious debut on the cover of "The Book Peddler." Courtesy of Chana Pollack By Chana Pollack April 15, 2026 Zay gezunt Hampshire College. That"s where as an undergrad student worker, I first studied Yiddish at the OG…...
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'If Yiddish isn't safe at Brandeis, where is it safe?"
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (823+ words) Update on July 12, 2025: This story has been updated from its original version to reflect new developments in the saga of Yiddish at Brandeis." During a lull in the middle of a summertime shift at Jersey Mike's, Ian Jacobs, a rising…...