2024 Campus Protests

Police outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Jewish groups demand further action to combat antisemitism at Columbia

“Just because they’ve cleared away the encampment doesn’t mean that they have dealt with the underlying problems,” said Kenneth L. Marcus, the founder of the Brandeis Center, a legal advocacy group.

By Luke Tress May 2, 2024 11:31 am

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At UCLA, where police are clearing encampment, Jews on campus say pro-Israel violence has undercut them

“I really think that it gives our name a bad rap, because the vast majority of pro-Israel supporters and pro-Zionists and Jewish people are not violent, and they’re not looking for any type of aggression,” one Jewish student told JTA.

May 2, 2024 8:30 am

Student protesters celebrating

Brown University board to vote on Israel divestment following agreement with protesters

The university’s director expressed gratitude that the encampment had been dismantled and certainty that an October divestment vote would fail.

May 1, 2024 8:29 pm

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I don’t want to attend college in a safe Jewish ‘bubble’

By Ary Hammerman May 1, 2024 4:28 pm

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

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

By Georgia Ross May 1, 2024 4:26 pm

Biden to deliver speech at US Holocaust museum ceremony on Yom HaShoah as campus protests roil nation

By Ron Kampeas May 1, 2024 2:07 pm

White House condemns student takeover of Columbia U building and protesters’ use of ‘intifada’

By Ron Kampeas May 1, 2024 12:02 am

Police raid Columbia U building occupied by anti-Israel protesters, arresting dozens

By Luke Tress and Jackie Hajdenberg May 1, 2024 12:01 am

Northwestern students agree to dismantle anti-Israel encampment, as Columbia protesters take over university building

By JTA Staff April 30, 2024 9:51 am

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