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Technion opens new program for international students fleeing campus antisemitism

Though one of the pillars of the program is fostering new academic minds to join the Israeli population, it’s primarily a refuge for students who no longer feel safe on their respective campuses.

 Technion scientists (illustration)
CLASS PORTRAIT of school children at Schauenstein displaced persons (DP) camp, circa 1946.

'The Last Baker of Vienna': A novel on displaced Jews in post-WWII Europe - review

Worshipers are seen at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Tisha B'Av.

Baseless hatred destroyed the temple, baseless love must save this nation - editorial

A view of the Patkin Pathway at the planned World Zionist Village

Todd Patkin, Author of 'Finding Happiness', Invests $5 Million in World Zionist Village


University presidents return from Auschwitz with a pledge to combat campus antisemitism

International March of the Living University Presidents mission equipped academic leaders with historical context and moral clarity amid growing campus antisemitism.

University Presidents Mission, Auschwitz - Birkenau on the 2025 March of the Living (Photo: Jakub Włodek)

Wesley LePatner, killed in Manhattan shooting, mourned as 'uniquely brilliant' Jewish leader

“At 43, she was the most effortless and impressive person - you wanted to follow her wherever she went,” Feiler wrote.

Wesley LePatner at the DiMenna Children's History Museum Family Benefit in 2019.

Was Ozzy Osbourne Jewish, or ‘half a heeb’?

The metal legend died aged 76 on Tuesday. His wife, Sharon, was the daughter of Ashkenai Jew Don Arden, and put Judaism "at the center of their household."

British rock star Ozzy Osbourne and Kermit the Frog pose for photographs after the Golden Jubilee Pop Concert at Buckingham Palace in London, June 3, 2002; illustrative.

Nigerian curriculum fosters peace but perpetuates harmful Jewish stereotypes, IMPACT-se finds

Textbook references to Jewish people, history, and Israel vary in tone and consistency, the study finds.

 Nigerian school children.

Summer reading list: Thought-provoking essays on Jews, the Israel-Hamas War, and Iran

Here is a summer reading roundup of 17 recent deep-think articles on a range of issues: the Gaza and Iran wars, US-Israel relations, global antisemitism, Israeli society, and more.

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu visits Capitol Hill this week. Prof. Edward N. Luttwak, in ‘Tablet,’ argues that Netanyahu’s tenacity has led to Israel’s conclusive victories in Gaza, Lebanon, and Syria.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.

From Tehran to Moscow: How antisemitic regimes weaponize anti-Zionist Jews - opinion

Their goal is to sever identity from peoplehood and peoplehood from sovereignty. Iranian Jews today are walking a tightrope similar to the one Soviet refuseniks walked decades ago.

 IRANIAN JEWS prepare for prayer at the Abrishami Synagogue in Tehran, 2015.

Openly antisemitic law student with prize-winning white nationalist essay has Jewish ancestry

Preston Damsky made headlines for writing an essay arguing for the revokation of voting writes for non-white people.

 Gainesville, Florida

Danish national arrested on suspicion of spying on Jewish targets for Iran, German prosecutors say

Prosecutors said the man spied on three properties in June 2025 in preparation for further intelligence activities, including possibly terrorist attacks on Jewish targets.

Police secure the area in front of the embassy of Israel in Berlin, Germany, May 22, 2025

Time for aliyah: A Letter to Israelis abroad and  our brethren, the Jews of the Diaspora - opinion

Do not stand and watch from the side while the winds of history summon you. Join the Israeli optimism and resilience. Our people are good, strong, and creative. Please come.

 Airplane on a Map

'The Triumph of Life': Reimagining the relationship between God and humanity - review

Greenberg’s recently published magnum opus, The Triumph of Life: A Narrative Theology of Judaism, is arguably the most compelling and thought-provoking book to grace the Jewish bookshelf this year. 

 JEWS IN BUDAPEST being rounded up by police in 1944. The Holocaust was a ‘devastating example of the abuse of human power.’