Is Brandeis University being ‘Palestinized?’ There are signs that leaders of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies are regurgitating parts of an anti-Israel narrative that has been poisoning the academic world. Moshe Phillips Nov. 5, 2024
US Jewish students transfer to friendlier schools post-Oct. 7 “We can’t turn away Jewish students who feel unsafe or unprotected on their college campuses,” said Yeshiva University President Ari Berman. David Isaac Aug. 1, 2024
Facing serious fiscal challenges, Brandeis to shed 60 staffers Jonathan Sarna, director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies at the university, said the school must prepare “as it transitions into a new era where Jews and Jewish institutions feel far less secure than before.” David Swindle June 5, 2024
Brandeis extends deadline for transfer students amid uptick in campus unrest “Jewish students are being targeted and attacked physically and verbally,” wrote the school’s president. April 26, 2024
Report: Antisemitism varies widely on American college campuses Researchers at Brandeis polled 2,000 Jewish undergraduates at 51 schools. Dec. 18, 2023
Brandeis publishes author who claims Israel practices mass rape The editors of the new book certainly knew what they were getting when they included Raz Segal of Stockton University in New Jersey. Moshe Phillips Nov. 27, 2023
Brandeis becomes first private university to ban Students for Justice in Palestine Jewish Insider reported that the Massachusetts university banned the student group, as the school's president published an op-ed in the Boston globe about confronting antisemitism on campus. Nov. 6, 2023
Brandeis University student senate votes not to denounce Hamas “I hope that those senators will reach out to the Jewish community and let us explain how their votes are hurtful, and frankly threatening,” said senior Meshulam Ungar. David Swindle Oct. 25, 2023
Israeli academia climbs in international rankings Three blue-and-white schools make the top 100 list. Pesach Benson Aug. 15, 2023