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CUNY purged Jews from leadership in 'deliberate plan, ' new report claims

Through the early 2000s, CUNY regularly had close to, or above, double-digit numbers of campus presidents who were Jewish. By March 2023, there was not a single Jew among the 80 leadership positions

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
Pro-Palestinian supporters attempt to gain entry to Grand Central Terminal as they protest against City University of New York (CUNY) college allowing the filming of an FBI: Most Wanted episode fictionalising a Gaza Solidarity Encampment in New York City, US, July 22, 2024.
Protesters demand the removal of Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani from Emory's medical department, January 2026.

Emory University removes Iranian official Larijani's daughter from medical faculty - report

Dr. Fatemeh Ardeshir-Larijani was previously listed on the Emory University School of Medicine's website as an assistant professor in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology.

|ByTZVI JASPER
Council for Higher Education approves the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee.

Council for Higher Education approves Kiryat Shmona University in effort to rebuild northern Israel

"The decision to approve the Kiryat Shmona University of the Galilee is a central step in the process of restoring and strengthening Kiryat Shmona," said Education Minister Yoav Kisch.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Every generation must be taught that 'never again' is not just a slogan - opinion

The Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers; it is important to remember that it began with words.

|ByABE HAMADEH

A call to students worldwide: Now is the time to come study in Israel - opinion

Joining the community of Israeli academia is to take a stand.

JUNE 5, 2025BySHEIZAF RAFAELI
STUDENTS MINGLE on the campus of Shenkar College. ‘In Israel, we are rebuilding – intellectually, emotionally, and physically – after a national trauma. Your presence can be a part of that sunrise,’ says the writer.

University of Utah, Ariel University sign academic cooperation deal

The deal included research and student exchanges in medicine, AI, and data science.

MAY 30, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
University of Utah president Dr. Taylor Randall and Ariel University president Prof. Ehud Grossman at the after signing a five-year memorandum of understanding

Trump administration halts scheduling of new student visa appointments

Increased deportations and the revocation of student visas are due to the Trump administration's hardline immigration agenda.

MAY 27, 2025ByREUTERS
US PRESIDENT Donald Trump speaks to reporters at the White House.

Trump admin. argues Columbia University violated Jewish students' civil rights

Columbia violated Title VI by "acting with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students from October 7, 2023, through the present," the White House argued.

MAY 23, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Protesters gather at a main entrance in front of Columbia University during convocation, in New York City, US, August 25, 2024

Jewish panelists push back as billionaire Bill Ackman defends Trump’s feud with Harvard

Ackman appeared in the last panel of the day, speaking to a crowd that filled all 250 seats in the center’s auditorium.

MAY 20, 2025ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
Hedge fund manager Bill Ackman, right, speaks on a panel with Liberties editor Leon Wieseltier and Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt at "The End of an Era: Jews and Elite Universities," a symposium at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, May 18, 2025.

Grapevine, May 11, 2025: It’s all academic

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

MAY 11, 2025ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
FROM LEFT: Sam Halabi, Liora Ofer, and Yona Yahav.

Fifty years of impact: BGU’s Faculty of Health Sciences sets the standard

Today, the faculty boasts 3,000 enrolled students – 30% of them studying for graduate degrees and conducting research in the various departments and programs. 

MAY 11, 2025ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
THE BEN-GURION University Medical School.

St Andrews rector wins appeal after Gaza email controversy

St Andrews rector Stella Maris wins appeal after facing dismissal for calling Israel's actions in Gaza “genocidal” in a 2023 university-wide email.

MAY 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
St Salvator's Quadrangle, St Andrews University, Scotland, pictured in 2022.

Harvard releases long-awaited internal antisemitism report amid fierce battle with Trump

The report shows that Israeli and Jewish students experience pervasive "shunning" and were targeted for their identities by students and staff after October 7.

MAY 1, 2025ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
AN AERIAL BANNER reading ‘Harvard hates Jews’ flies over the campus at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, last year. Zionist students in the Diaspora today demonstrate a courage Israelis will never need, the writer asserts.

Columbia University activist Mohsen Mahdawi released on bail

Wearing a keffiyeh, the 34-year-old Mohsen Mahdawi raised both hands in gestures of victory.

APRIL 30, 2025ByMICHAEL STARR
Demonstrators hold placards as they protest on the day of a hearing on the detention of Palestinian activist and Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City, U.S., March 12, 2025.