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Trump administration again sues UCLA over antisemitism, alleging ‘hostile educational environment’

May 26, 2026May 26, 2026Sara Wood

The U.S. Department of Justice sued the University of California for the second time this year over allegations of an antisemitic campus environment at UCLA, claiming the school “was deliberately indifferent to the suffering of its Jewish and Israeli students” after Oct. 7. The federal lawsuit, filed Tuesday, claims UCLA violated the students’ civil rights […]

How ‘Gaza solidarity sukkahs’ became a flashpoint for debates about anti-Zionist Jewish observance

November 1, 2024David Leibermann

Last week the Brooklyn rabbi Andrue Kahn received a request from a group of Jewish students at New York University: Would he come to lead prayers at their sukkah? It wasn’t an unusual request for a rabbi during the holiday of Sukkot, but the circumstances behind it were decidedly more so. The student group was […]

Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian protesters’ demand to divest from Israel

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024Sara Wood

Brown University’s board of governors has rejected a closely scrutinized, student-led proposal to divest from companies with business in Israel. The rejection allays concerns expressed by some pro-Israel groups that the divestment movement was gaining momentum after the pro-Palestinian student encampments at universities across the country last spring. “Baruch Hashem,” Rabbi Josh Bolton, executive director […]

College campuses mark Oct. 7 anniversary with rallies and protests — but largely without confrontation

October 8, 2024David Leibermann

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — At midday on the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ deadly invasion of Israel, hundreds of Israeli and American flags dotted the main lawn of the University of Michigan’s campus, known as the Diag — part of an expansive pro-Israel display months in the making. On a lawn one block north, the graduate […]

U of Maryland must let pro-Palestinian student group hold an Oct. 7 event, judge rules

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024Sara Wood

The University of Maryland must allow a pro-Palestinian student group to hold a campus rally on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks after revoking its permit to do so, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte was a rebuke to Jewish and pro-Israel groups at the […]

Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel — but aren’t giving protesters what they wanted

September 24, 2024October 4, 2024Sara Wood

One day before its meeting earlier this month, the University of Washington Board of Regents postponed a highly consequential item that was on its agenda: a vote related to an Israel divestment proposal. But if the public university in Seattle hoped to curb disruptions at the meeting, it didn’t work. Protesters, many of them motivated […]