Education
Hebrew University of Jerusalem postpones start of semester by one week
Research, student exams will proceed • Affirms support to the Israel Defense Forces at “this challenging time.”
The university says it will also add antisemitism awareness training for staff and students.
The group “offers warm, creative, spiritual and political space for anti-Zionist and non-Zionist Jews, as well as Jews questioning their relationship with Zionism.”
Sen. Rick Scott is concerned about safety in regards to an upcoming anti-Israel event to be held at the University of South Florida.
It also named diplomat Jon Greenwald; former Recording Industry Association CEO Cary Sherman; and John Yarmuth, a former congressman, to the board, which the investor Peter Frey will chair.
The 87-year-old author of a new memoir talked with JNS about his Jewish ancestry, long walks with Benjamin Netanyahu and another Epstein who made headlines.
“Within a decade, more than half of U.S. states will have adopted a universal education choice policy,” predicts Jason Bedrick of the Heritage Foundation.
A documentary released this week features new interviews alleging bigoted statements against Jews from the former Pink Floyd frontman.
The LGBTQ student club aims to do more “to include Palestinian and Arab students who did not feel comfortable or safe.”
The Pennsylvania Council on the Arts “has repeatedly attempted to address this matter amicably and cooperatively,” an attorney wrote to organizers of the festival, which features several prominent antisemitic speakers.
The event has been widely criticized by Jewish organizations for giving platforms at the University of Pennsylvania to antisemitic speakers.
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman talks about his new movie “Route 60: The Biblical Highway” and the sacrifice that Israel should not make for the sake of peace. “Top Story” with Jonathan Tobin and guest David Friedman, Ep. 111
