The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has barred the senior class president from further graduation events after she accused the school of aiding “genocide” in Gaza and called for the university to sever its ties to Israel during her commencement address Thursday. Megha Vemuri also praised her classmates for demonstrating on behalf of Gaza, telling them, […]
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George Washington University says it will ban a student commencement speaker from campus after she used her graduation speech to decry “genocide” in Gaza and urged her graduating class not to donate to the school until it agrees to divest from Israel. Pro-Israel students and alumni had urged the school to discipline the speaker and […]
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New York University is withholding the diploma of a student graduation speaker who used his commencement address to accuse Israel of genocide and decry “the atrocities currently happening in Palestine.” The episode is the most controversial moment so far of a campus graduation season that has cooled off somewhat compared to last year’s Israel protests. […]
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Harvard University has settled two lawsuits with Jewish groups accusing the school of fostering an antisemitic environment in the aftermath of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, as President Donald Trump retakes office with a promise to more heavily police universities for such cases. As part of the settlements, Harvard says it has agreed to […]
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This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. College campuses continue to places of uncertainty for many Jewish students, though the pro-Palestinian protests that roiled campuses and led to accusations of antisemitism following Oct. […]
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