Jewish students

CAM and the African American Mayors Association launch new national fellowship

This new national fellowship will rejuvenate the historic alliance between Black and Jewish communities in the United States

Students place flags near the main lawn of Columbia University, to show support for the Jewish community on campus, for peaceful solutions, and commemorate all lives lost since October 7, 2023, across from a student protest encampment in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict
The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 75 languages.

Anne Frank and ‘Night’ may soon be required reading in Texas public schools

People stand near flowers laid as a tribute at Bondi Beach to honour the victims of a mass shooting that targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.

Educators must light the way to root out antisemitism - opinion

DePaul university student Max Long

Jewish students at DePaul continue to face threats after violent campus attack - interview


Canadian NDP leader condemns IDF veteran lecture tour, draws criticism for overlooking violence

McPherson said, 'It is utterly unacceptable for Canadian universities to provide a platform to members of a military force that is committing genocide.'

 Protesters hold Palestinian flags during a rally to call for a ceasefire, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada March 9, 2024.

Why Jewish studies students aren’t talking about Israel or antisemitism - opinion

If we want to engage the next generation, we need to balance necessary vigilance with joyful exploration of what makes Jewish life meaningful.

Boys in the hallway at Jewish day school

From Ha'am to Mitzpeh: Hubs of Jewish life and student journalism on US campuses

Though small in number, student-run Jewish college publications continue their work over 50 years on, keeping alive hubs of Jewish life.

STUDENTS RALLY in support of Israel at UCLA, where Jewish student publications like ‘Ha’Am’ have taken on increased importance as sources of campus news and Jewish perspective amid rising tensions.

Trump admin. to subpoena Harvard for info on antisemitism, harassment by foreign students

The administration escalated its feud with the Ivy League university on Wednesday, in a move that could result in the loss of Harvard's accreditation.

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. April 12, 2025.

My third front: A Jewish student's perspective on pro-Palestine campus encampments - opinion

Now, more than ever, we need to stand with our fellow Jewish students and show that we won’t cower in the face of hate.

 AN ISRAELI FLAG is hung high on the Columbia University campus on the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, in New York City. Attending a US university won’t be about agreeing with everyone but about insisting that we have a place at the table, says the writer

Trump lawyer in Harvard battle says DOJ intends to sue UC over antisemitism allegations

A Justice Department official leading President Donald Trump's battle against Harvard says the administration intends to take the University of California to court over alleged antisemitism.

Leo James Terrell speaks during a reception honouring Black History Month, hosted by U.S. President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 20, 2025.

Two Harvard students who assaulted Jewish peer receive honors, $65,000 fellowship

In October 2023, Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo surrounded a Jewish student named Yoav Segev and covered him with keffiyehs while shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!”

Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo surrounded a Jewish student named Yoav Segev and covered him with keffiyehs while shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” as he tried to free himself and said "don't touch me." October 2023.

‘Never again’ is now: A wake-up call to every Jew - opinion

History is watching, and the future of the Jewish people depends on what we do now.

 ISRAELI AMBASSADOR to the US Yechiel Leiter speaks at the Capital Jewish Museum, near where two Israeli embassy staff members were murdered last week. The world we live in is more hostile than most Jews are willing to admit, the writer maintains.

Trump admin. argues Columbia University violated Jewish students' civil rights

Columbia violated Title VI by "acting with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students from October 7, 2023, through the present," the White House argued.

 Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Legacy Jewish orgs. fight antisemitism, but only when politically expedient - opinion

Jewish organizations advocating for the community and combating antisemitism are more concerned with keeping their power.

 A counter protestor talks into a microphone as people gather outside of Columbia University to demand a ceasefire and the end of Israeli attacks on Gaza, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, during a protest in New York, US, April 20, 2024.