U of Maryland student government passes BDS resolution on Yom Kippur

The University of Maryland Student Government Association passed a boycott, divestment and sanctions resolution on Yom Kippur, drawing condemnation from Jewish leaders on campus who said its scheduling was “exclusionary.” The resolution, which passed 29 to 1 Wednesday night, calls on the university and its charitable foundation to implement BDS policies against companies and academic […]

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DOJ cites law designed to protect abortion clinics in suit against pro-Palestinian synagogue protesters

The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit against pro-Palestinian protesters who demonstrated at a New Jersey synagogue last year, citing a federal law originally designed to protect abortion clinics. The complaint, filed by the U.S. Justice Department on Monday, appears to mark the first time that the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, which […]

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Federal government shutdown drags into Yom Kippur, pausing Senate negotiations

The U.S. federal government will last at least into Friday after the Senate paused budget talks to accommodate Yom Kippur. The government shut down at midnight Wednesday night amid a standoff between Democratic and Republican senators over competing spending bills. Talks to end the shutdown, the first since the record-breaking 35-day freeze in 2018, immediately […]

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Dozens of Northwestern students face penalties for boycotting required antisemitism training video

After the Guardian reported on Sunday that hundreds of Northwestern University students were being blocked from classes after they refused to watch an antisemitism training video, the school offered a clarification on Monday: The real number of students penalized is less than three dozen. But other elements of the story remain unchanged: The students are […]

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