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I’m not letting pro-Palestinian protesters decide my choice of college

Admitted to Amherst College, a prospective student hopes for a future of dialogue and civility.

By Anya Geist May 1, 2024 4:26 pm

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My sister’s experience at Barnard has taught me to pick a college where I will feel safe

Columbia University isn’t the same place where her grandparents once thrived, writes a high school junior.

May 1, 2024 4:26 pm

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A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize

Oren Kessler’s “Palestine 1936” tells the “story of two nationalisms.”

April 28, 2024 6:45 am

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators surround a Jewish man at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)

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An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel

By Haviva Ner-David April 26, 2024 9:35 am

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We in the Israel-politics ‘sandwich generation’ need our Jewish institutions to change how they define antisemitism

By Mitch Gruber April 25, 2024 11:45 am

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The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 17, 2024 5:32 pm

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An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

By Michael A. Helfand April 11, 2024 4:58 pm

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To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

By Rabbi Elie Kaunfer April 10, 2024 12:12 pm

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How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy to this day

By Andrew Silow-Carroll April 7, 2024 6:45 am

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Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

By Erika Dreifus April 5, 2024 3:01 pm

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I’m not letting pro-Palestinian protesters decide my choice of college

My sister’s experience at Barnard has taught me to pick a college where I will feel safe

A history of a pivotal era in Palestine wins a top Jewish book prize

An open letter to the Columbia University Gaza war protesters from a pro-Palestinian activist in Israel

We in the Israel-politics ‘sandwich generation’ need our Jewish institutions to change how they define antisemitism

The death of Brooklyn Dodger great Carl Erskine closes a chapter in Jewish history

An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

To mark our brokenness this Passover, let’s scale back the matzah on our seder tables

How a 100-year-old law changed American immigration policy to this day

Literature celebrates nuance. So why does the book world feel so one-sided on Israel?

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