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Senate races are roiled by campus protests over the war in Gaza as campaign rhetoric sharpens

May. 04, 2024 11:30 AM EDT

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The student protest movement disrupting university campuses, classes and graduation ceremonies over the war in Gaza is also roiling Senate contests across the nation as Democrats tread cautiously over an internal divide and Republicans play up their rivals' disagreements. ...

Jewish students grapple with how to respond to pro-Palestinian campus protests

May. 03, 2024 16:06 PM EDT

Some Jewish students have taken part in strident pro-Palestinian protests dominating U.S. colleges in recent weeks, but few have led rallies in support of Israel or against perceived displays of antisemitism. That may be starting to change. Like many Americans, Jewish...

At time of rising antisemitism, Holocaust survivors take on denial and hate in new digital campaign

May. 02, 2024 17:13 PM EDT

DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Herbert Rubinstein was 5 years old when he and his mother where taken from the Jewish ghetto of Chernivtsi and put on a cramped cattle wagon waiting to take them to their deaths. It was 1941, and Romanians collaborating with Germany's Nazis were rounding up tens of...

A North Carolina man is charged with mailing an antisemitic threat to a Georgia rabbi

May. 02, 2024 14:13 PM EDT

MACON, Ga. (AP) — A North Carolina man has been charged in federal federal court with mailing a threatening postcard to a Georgia rabbi who had been outspoken in supporting a new state law that defines antisemitism. Ariel Collazo Ramos of High Point, North Carolina, faces up to...

House passes bill to expand definition of antisemitism amid growing campus protests over Gaza war

May. 01, 2024 18:02 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed legislation Wednesday that would establish a broader definition of antisemitism for the Department of Education to enforce anti-discrimination laws, the latest response from lawmakers to a nationwide student protest movement over the Israel-Hamas war. ...

Editorial Roundup: Texas

Apr. 29, 2024 07:15 AM EDT

Dallas Morning News. April 24, 2024. Editorial: Sidney Powell law license fight can’t be over Despite appeals court loss, state bar must press on. The State Bar of Texas’ disciplinary committee has egg on its face after suffering an embarrassing...

Anti-war protesters dig in as some schools close encampments after reports of antisemitic activity

Apr. 27, 2024 17:06 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — As students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at college campuses across U.S. dug in Saturday and dozens of demonstrators were arrested, some universities moved to shut down encampments after reports of antisemitic activity. With the death toll mounting in the war in...

Columbia's president rebuts claims she has allowed the university to become a hotbed of antisemitism

Apr. 17, 2024 17:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Columbia University’s president took a firm stance against antisemitism in a congressional hearing on Wednesday, but she faced bruising criticism from Republicans who say her actions haven’t supported her words, especially when it comes to disciplining faculty and...

Jewish group launches Holocaust survivor speakers bureau to fight increasing antisemitism worldwide

Apr. 04, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — More than 250 Holocaust survivors have joined an international initiative to share their stories of loss and survival with students around the world during a time of rising antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the war in the Gaza Strip. ...

US Jews upset with Trump's latest rhetoric say he doesn't get to tell them how to be Jewish

Mar. 25, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

Since the start of his political career, Donald Trump has played on stereotypes about Jews and politics. He told the Republican Jewish Coalition in 2015 that “you want to control your politicians” and suggested the audience used money to exert control. In the White House, he said...