Posts Tagged: Jewish students
Argentina: High Schoolers Dress Up as Nazis, Attack Jewish Peers
JNS.org - Jewish high school students at a graduation party at a nightclub in Argentina were verbally and physically attacked by students from another school dressed...
Amid Rise in Campus Antisemitism, Pro-Israel Students Prepare for Challenging Year
JNS.org - For most students, the dog days of August are one final chance for summer traditions, such as hitting the beach or visiting national parks...
British Actor Calls ‘Daily Mail’ to Task for Headline Specifying Jewishness of Hikers Stranded on Dover Beach (VIDEO)
British-Jewish actor Matt Lucas took the UK's Daily Mail to task on Tuesday for its reportage on a group of Jewish teens stranded on a...
On Israel, No Tolerance at College Campuses
I have never been a great fan of labels. Well, shoes notwithstanding… The propensity to label people according to what their perceived political persuasions or affinities...
Texas School District Seeks Suspect Who Painted Swastika on Car of Jewish Student
A Texas school district is investigating the painting of a swastika on the car of a Jewish high school student, the local news station Kens5 reported on Friday. The...
Jewish Academics Turn Against Hillel
The enemies of Israel neither slumber nor sleep. They include not only the technically competent barbarians of Iran, exuberantly aggressive with the prospect of nuclear...
Oregon Student Arrested for Hurling Antisemitic Epithets at Jewish Frat Boy
JNS.org - A student at the University of Oregon has been arrested and charged with intimidation, after allegedly using antisemitic slurs against a Jewish student at an Alpha...
Watchdog Develops Scorecard to Rank US Campuses on Safety for Jewish Students
A non-profit campus watchdog released on Thursday a questionnaire to help parents determine how safe campuses are for prospective Jewish university students. The scorecard, compiled by AMCHA Initiative,...
Critic Alleges ‘Asians Are the New Jews’ Facing Discrimination at Harvard
Harvard University is using the admissions criteria it devised to discriminate against Jewish students in the 1920s against Asian-Americans today, an opinion piece in the...
Group Says String of Swastika Attacks on Boston Area Campuses Are Unrelated
Jewish human rights group the Anti-Defamation League on Tuesday said there is no evidence that a string of antisemitic attacks on Boston area campuses are...
UC Berkeley Student Government Unanimously Passes Bill Condemning Antisemitism
JNS.org - Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC), the student government at University of California (UC), Berkeley, on Wednesday passed a bill...
South African University Rejects Student Council’s Call for Expulsion of Jews, Brands Demand ‘Totally Unacceptable’
The vice chancellor of Durban University of Technology (DUT) in South Africa on Wednesday rejected the student council's call to expel Jewish students who do...
Wellesley College Students Fear Rise in Anti-Semitism After Jewish Staffers’ Firings
JNS.org - Jewish students at Wellesley College, a Boston-area school for women, fear that anti-Semitism is growing on their campus following what they call...
British Sports Store Apologizes After Security Guard Allegedly Denies Entry to Jewish Students
JNS.org - A British sporting goods store has apologized following an incident where two Jewish children were not allowed into the store. According to the U.K. Jewish...
