(New York Jewish Week) – Columbia University announced Monday that it would be canceling its commencement ceremony following weeks of pro-Palestinian protest, campus turmoil and hundreds of student arrests.  Beginning nearly three weeks ago, the...

(JTA) — Yom HaShoah, Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, began Sunday night, marking the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and serving as a memorial day for the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis. This year, as the Israel-Hamas war enters...

An Iranian university is offering scholarships to American students expelled for participating in anti-Israel demonstrations on campuses across the United States. In a statement reported by Iranian state-owned media outlet Press TV, Mohammad Moazzeni,...

(JTA) — Elon Musk says he will restore the X account of Nick Fuentes, the Holocaust denier and antisemite who has said “perfidious Jews” should be executed. “Very well, he will be reinstated, provided he does not violate the law, and let him...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A new survey found 47% of U.S. voters believe colleges should ban pro-Palestinian protests, compared to 30% who say the...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — In his first address about the pro-Palestinian protests rocking campuses nationwide, President Joe Biden said “order must prevail” but rejected proposals to bring in federal troops. “Dissent must never lead to disorder, or...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Georgia Republican who has been criticized in the past for her dalliances with antisemitic tropes and influencers, explained her vote against a bill defining antisemitism by saying that the bill it...

(New York Jewish Week) — Police stormed the Columbia University building occupied by pro-Palestinian students on Tuesday night, arresting dozens, as the school’s Jewish center was placed on lockdown with students inside. The scenes at Hamilton...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration condemned the anti-Israel student takeover of a Columbia University building and said that their use of the word “intifada” amounted to hate speech. “President Biden has stood against repugnant, antisemitic...

LUBLIN, Poland (JTA) — When Karla McCabe was a child in East Germany in the 1970s and ‘80s, she knew her grandfather had been a German soldier in World War II. But exactly what he did during those years was not a topic of discussion in her family. Nine...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Jerry Seinfeld, promoting his new film about a fictive arms race to invent toaster pastries, says they don’t make...

(JTA) — Columbia University has rejected a demand to divest from Israel and has failed to reach an agreement with pro-Palestinian student protesters who are occupying a portion of the school’s New York City campus, according to a letter sent Monday...