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Harvard, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania have announced steps to fight anti-Semitism after weeks of turmoil on their campuses and others.(Wikimedia, David L. Ryan/The Boston Globe via Getty Images, Columbia University. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)

Oct. 7 has affected students’ college selection

An overwhelming majority of Jewish parents of high school juniors and seniors say the Oct. 7 attack on Israel and its aftermath have affected which college their child...

From left: James Wilson, Leonard Blavatnik and Jonathan Glazer accept the Oscar for Best International Feature Film, ‘The Zone of Interest,’ during the live ABC telecast of the 96th Oscars at the Dolly Theatre at Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024. (Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences via JTA)

Backlash follows Glazer’s Oscar remarks

In the wake of the Oscars, Hollywood has been treated to a rare spectacle: Jewish communal leaders attacking the Jewish director of an award-winning Holocaust movie.

Social media posts from Six Sailor Cider and Weathered Waves Bar in Salt Lake City, Utah, including one in which the business says it is "banning all Zionists forever from our establishments," posted March 4, 2024. (Screenshots via Instagram and Pinterest)

Six Sailor Cider in Salt Lake: ‘No Zionists Allowed’

Utah officials are investigating a cidery and bar in Salt Lake City after it announced, “No Zionists Allowed.”

Zachary Marschall

He’s filing Title VI campus anti-Semitism complaints

Zachary Marschall is the most prolific filer of anti-Semitism complaints filed under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act since Oct. 7.

It’s Oscar time — Jewi-ish films get nominations

The year’s biggest movie phenomenon was a one-two punch of blockbusters with Jewish roots — and they both came up big at the Oscar nominations. 
 The Oscars will...

Dept. of Education responds to campus anti-Semitism

A Jewish college student recently told Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona that he believed anti-Semitism has become “normalized” on campuses. For the secretary of...

The chilling ‘Zone of Interest’

“The Zone of Interest” is not like other Holocaust movies. 
 Directed by British Jewish filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, the film initially appears to follow an...

The fallout from the presidents’ testimony

The presidents of three of the nation’s top universities told Congress that Jewish and Israeli students have felt unsafe on campus since Oct. 7 and said their schools...

ADL’s Greenblatt praises Musk

Advertisers have been dropping off the social network X this week after its owner, Elon Musk, called an anti-Semitic post “the actual truth.”

Memorials to Nazi allies in public eye

Over the past few weeks, tributes to Ukrainian Nazi collaborators in North America have led to local and international upheaval.