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PROTESTERS ATTEND a demonstration in support of Palestinians in Gaza, at UCLA in Los Angeles, this week. Members of nearby Jewish communities now take detours to avoid confrontational student protests, the writer notes. Uploaded on 1/5/2024

Challenges of campus activism: A critique on university student boycotts of Israel

By MICHAEL J. SALAMON

A STUDENT protester waves a Palestinian flag above Hamilton Hall on the campus of Columbia University in New York City on Tuesday.

Students who take over campuses should not be granted amnesty

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN

New York City Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Edward Caban speaks at a press conference while holding up chains and a lock removed by officers during their operation to restore order at Columbia University, after students broke into and occupied an academic building, May 1, 2024.

NYPD cites influence of 'outside agitators' among student protestors after almost 300 arrested

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Demonstrators sit in an encampment as they protest in solidarity with Pro-Palestinian organizers on the Columbia University campus, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in New York City, US. April 19, 2024.

Only unity can combat anti-Jewish hate on campuses

By JPOST EDITORIAL

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.

Harassed students should study in Israel

A SIGN modified by demonstrators to read ‘University of Palestine’ that allows ‘all’ camping at a protest encampment in support of Palestinians at the University of Washington in Seattle, this week.

Those who oppose Israel have become the bigots they themselves hate

By HAYIM LEITER

THE WRITER attends his graduation ceremony at Columbia Graduate School of Journalism in 2019.

Despite the protests at Columbia, I haven't completely lost faith in the university

By JONATHAN HAROUNOFF

‘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.

It's time to remove the rot from our universities

By JUDAH WAXELBAUM

Protests continue at Columbia University in New York during the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, April 22, 2024

House Republicans to universities: 'Congress will not tolerate failure of duty to Jewish students'

By HANNAH SARISOHN

Passover table provides food for "kosher comrades." April 29, 2024.

Reporter’s notebook: Progressive Jews at Columbia try to make it work

A student protester waves a Palestinian flag from the roof of Hamilton Hall, where students at Columbia University have barricaded themselves as they continue to protest in support of Palestinians, April 30, 2024.

WUJS to Columbia U: Encampments are vehicles for heinous antisemitism

By Yana Naftalieva/President of WUJS

Michael Siegel, president of Maccabi World Union.

Maccabi World head to US colleges: Stop antisemitism now!

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF

An "Intifada" banner waves over Columbia University after students seize Hamilton Hall on 116th Street in New York City, April 30, 2024.

Columbia students seize building, smashing windows and lowering 'Intifada' banner

A coalition of University of Michigan students camp at an encampment in the Diag to pressure the university to divest its endowment from companies that support Israel or could profit from the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas on the University of Michigan college campus in Ann Arbor.

Pro-Palestine protests are generously funded by donors promoting radical Islam studies

By DR. YARON FRIEDMAN

Students at Columbia University paint a response to a message written by Palestinians in Rafah thanking students for their support as they continue to maintain a protest encampment on campus in support of Palestinians, during the war between Israel and Hamas, April 28, 2024.

Columbia begins suspending students who don't leave campus encampment

By HANNAH SARISOHN