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A QUAD at Cornell University.

Cornell University president Martha Pollack says she will retire amid campus antisemitism pressures

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Books (illustrative)

‘Is your fav author a zionist???’ A viral list reignites antisemitism fears in the literary world

By PHILISSA CRAMER/JTA

US PRESIDENT Joe Biden looks on during a presidential campaign event in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this week. ‘Mr. president, I believe you carry within you a deep emotional and spiritual commitment to the Jewish people and the State of Israel,’ says the writer.

Jewish orgs. express fury over Biden's weapon warning to Israel

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

THEN-PRIME minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the AIPAC Conference in Washington in 2018.

Longtime Israel critic loses Indiana Republican House primary after campaign by Jewish groups

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

Pro-Palestinian protesters maintain an encampment on Columbia University campus on April 24, 2024.

300 Jewish Columbia students decry campus antisemitism in anti-Israel cloak

By MICHAEL STARR

FOR THE eighth straight year, the ‘Run in Remembrance’ will be run in Jewish communities across the world on Remembrance Day. 7/5/2024

‘Run in Remembrance’ gears up in Jewish communities globally

By JERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF

West Marble Synagogue in London

At a Manhattan synagogue, ‘normie’ pro-Israel liberals stage a last stand

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA

Israeli minister of Diaspora Affairs Amichai Chikli speaks at a Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem, on December 19, 2023.

Minister Chikli compares campus antisemitism to 1930's

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jewish activist captures hate at London pro-Palestinian march, December 9, 2023.

Antisemitism Report: 'October 7 helped spread a fire already out of control'

By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

‘FOR NOW, in America, I only wear a baseball hat,’ says the writer.

It's still not time to wear a kippah in public in the Diaspora

By HOWARD BLAS

CHAIM RA’ANAN and Guy Pines participate in the Sharing Memories project. Ra’anan was born in Budapest, survived the Holocaust, and has lived since 1948 in Kibbutz Be’eri. On October 7, he survived the massacre, staying with his grandchild in the shelter while terrorists were outside.

Sharing the memories of Holocaust survivors is a duty, not a privilege

By MAAYAN SARIG

Synagogue in Zurich

Toronto police investigate arson of signs, one in front of synagogue

By MICHAEL STARR

Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona speaks during the National Action Network National Convention in New York, U.S., April 12, 2023.

Several Jewish organizations boycott a meeting regarding antisemitism with the Education Secretary

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

‘FREE PALESTINE’ is displayed at a subway station entrance, outside of Columbia University in New York City, last week. Radicals, in many cases, have no concept of whether they are trying to liberate Palestine, Texas, or maybe East Palestine, Ohio, says the writer.

I’m a Jewish linguist, and I think ‘Ashkenormativity’ is a perfectly fine word

By SARAH BUNIN BENOR/JTA

Law enforcement officers carry a protester at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), during a pro-Palestinian protest, as the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas continues, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., May 2, 2024.

As police clear encampments at UCLA, Jewish students say pro-Israel violence undercuts them

By Jacob Gurvis/JTA

ELLIS ISLAND and Manhattan as seen from New Jersey.

US gov't mustn't rely on detention as a means of immigration control

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER

A sign is seen at Columbia University near a protest encampment on the main campus in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2024.

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

By Anya Geist/JTA

ROBERT BARUH WALTL shows the WJC delegation around the synagogue in Ljubljana, Slovenia. Uploaded on 1/5/2024

World Jewish Congress delegation journeys to Slovenia to combat antisemitism

By BEN M. FREEMAN