BREAKING: American University places Students for Justice in Palestine chapter on disciplinary probation – The Eagle (American University)

| April 11, 2024

American University has placed the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine on probation, following a disciplinary conference about a silent indoor walk during a Feb. 8 campus demonstration, SJP announced in an Instagram post Monday. The University banned indoor protests when it updated speech and expression policies in a Jan

Divinity School Student Government Calls On Harvard to Divest from ‘Illegal Occupation of Palestine’ | News – Harvard Crimson

| April 11, 2024

The Harvard Divinity School Student Association passed a resolution Friday morning calling on the University to divest from entities involved in violations of international law and human rights against Palestinians. The resolution passed with a two-thirds majority following an 8 a.m. vote.

Jewish Life Stories: Harry Belafonte’s Jewish wife, and the man who repaired Holocaust violins – JTA News – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

| March 30, 2024

This article is alsoavailable as a weeklynewsletter, Life Stories, wherewe remember those who made an outsize impact in the Jewish world or just left their community a better or more interesting place. Subscribe here to get Life Stories in your inbox every Tuesday. In the 1980s, an Auschwitz survivor brought his damaged violin to the Tel Aviv workshop of Israeli luthier Amnon Weinstein.

Pro-Palestine students and community rally in front of UWM Chancellor’s mansion – Fight Back! Newspaper

| March 21, 2024

Milwaukee, WI On March 14, protesters rallied in front of Chancellor Mark Mones mansion demanding UW-Milwaukee cut ties with Israel. Despite the constant rain and cops tailing the caravan headed to the mansion, the protesters remained steadfast in their commitment to the campaign to cut ties with genocide.

Jewish students at UC Berkeley demand greater protections from university – Berkeleyside

| March 13, 2024

Hundreds of students and faculty members at Cal and city residents marched around the Sather Gate on March 11, 2024, demanding greater protection for Jewish students. Credit: Kelly Sullivan About 300 people, including graduate and undergraduate UC Berkeley students, faculty members and city residents marched from Zellerbach Playhouse to California Hall on Monday, demanding the university do more to protect Jewish students and faculty members two weeks after a violent demonstration led to the cancellation of an event with an Israeli think tank leader.

Berkeley Unified accused of failing to protect students against antisemitism – The Mercury News

| March 5, 2024

BERKELEY A federal complaint was filed against the Berkeley Unified School District on Wednesday, alleging the district failed to protect students and hold teachers accountable as antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric was spread across district campuses. The complaint was filed on behalf of Jewish and Israeli students and parents by the Louis D

Two More Ivy Leagues Face Legal Action Over Rampant Anti-Semitism – Yated.com

| March 5, 2024

Columbia, Barnard Exposed as Cesspools of Bigotry Columbia and Barnard universities have joined an ignominious list of elite Ivy League schools facing lawsuits for enabling anti-Semitic discrimination to flourish, and for fostering a climate of explosive hostility against Jewish students after the Oct. 7 Hamas slaughter fest. One shouldnt be shocked at this point in time, but reading through the court documents, its hard not to react to the vast reach of virulent anti-Semitism infecting academia

Eruption of antisemitism in California K-12 prompts pro bono legal helpline – Washington Examiner

| March 5, 2024

Three leading Jewish organizations launched a pro bono antisemitism helpline on Thursday to assist California parents of children experiencing anti-Jewish harassment in K-12 schools. The pilot helpline comes after a complaint was filed on Wednesday against Berkeley, Californias K-12 system detailing a number of reports from parents and students exposing antisemitic behavior conducted by peers and teachers.

This Bill Could Silence Pro-Palestine Student Groups. It’s Not the Only One. – The Chronicle of Higher Education

| March 3, 2024

This Bill Could Silence Pro-Palestine Student Groups. It's Not the Only One.   The Chronicle of Higher Education



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