Antisemitism on campus

By Ben Clerkin

Meet the student suing Harvard over antisemitism

Jewish undergraduate files lawsuit saying the university turns a blind eye to blatant antisemitism

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January 23, 2024 14:21

Supporters of Palestine gather at Harvard University to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 2023. Thousands of Palestinians sought refuge on October 14 after Israel warned them to evacuate the northern Gaza Strip before an expected ground offensive against Hamas, one week on from the deadliest attack in Israeli history. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP) (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Harvard appoints academic who called Israel ‘apartheid state’ as antisemitism task force chair

Professor Derek Penslar, a scholar of Jewish history, was handed the position by Alan Garber

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January 23, 2024 10:06

Professor Derek Penslar, a Jewish studies professor at Harvard

Students cosplaying as terrorists make demands to university

The radical group was banned from campus last month

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January 19, 2024 10:28

Students cosplaying as terrorists make demands to university

Grant Shapps’ daughter said she felt unsafe at Leeds university as a Jew

Tabytha Shapps, a second-year student, said she was intimidated by ‘river to the sea’ chants

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January 7, 2024 09:33

Grant Shapps delivering a speech at the 2023 Tory conference (Photo: Getty Images)

San Diego university investigated for Islamophobia over email condemning Oct. 7

The letter, condemning Hamas attacks, is being probed for not considering ‘emotions’ of Muslim students

By Ben Clerkin

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January 5, 2024 14:57

San Diego university investigated for Islamophobia over email condemning Oct. 7

Harvard names Jewish replacement for ousted President

Former president Claudine Gay resigned after a plagiarism scandal earlier this week

By Hannah Gillott

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January 5, 2024 10:38

Harvard names Jewish replacement for ousted President

Harvard president resigns but will stay on as lecturer making nearly $1m a year

Claudine Gay refused to confirm if calling for genocide of Jews was against university rules in a now infamous congressional hearing

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January 2, 2024 20:04

WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 05: (L-R) Dr. Claudine Gay, President of Harvard University, Liz Magill, President of University of Pennsylvania, and Dr. Sally Kornbluth, President of Massachusetts Institute of Technology, testify before the House Education and Workforce Committee at the Rayburn House Office Building on December 05, 2023 in Washington, DC. The Committee held a hearing to investigate antisemitism on college campuses. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

How my old university has changed since October 7

Leeds University students are faced with Israel hate on a daily basis

By Jonah Lazarus

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December 8, 2023 12:24

How my old university has changed since October 7

Rabbi resigns from Harvard antisemitism taskforce after ‘painfully inadequate’ congress hearing

Harvard President Claudine Gay was widely criticised - along with the presidents of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania - after saying “context” allowed for the calling of genocide for Jews

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December 7, 2023 22:37

Rabbi resigns from Harvard antisemitism taskforce after ‘painfully inadequate’ congress hearing

Violent mob screaming ‘intifada’ force Jews to flee through tunnels at UC Berkeley

Genocide posters, non-stop Gaza demos and a call for intifada: Welcome to University of East Anglia

Get a grip Britain, you don’t need to copy America’s campus hate

Chief Rabbi says those who forced Leeds rabbi into hiding are a threat to ‘all of our society’

Horrific accounts of campus antisemitism shared by Jewish students in House of Lords meeting

Student groups across Europe condemn anti-Zionist Jews as pawns of racists

Anti-Israel students ‘heartbroken’ after ban on studying abroad

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