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Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
August 12, 2026, 6:10 pm
5 Palestinian students and faculty sue Columbia University, claiming discrimination
Lawsuit alleging a hostile environment amid anti-Israel protest movement is latest fallout from demonstrations that rocked campus after October 7 Hamas attack and start of Gaza war
By Luke Tress
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff poses for a portrait in the A.D. White House on June 6, 2024. (Ryan Young / Cornell University via JTA)
May 16, 2026, 3:33 am
Cornell trustees back Jewish president after anti-Israel students mob his car
Michael Kotlikoff will not pursue complaints against student and non-student protesters, who are also cleared in investigation following April 30 incident
By Andrew Lapin
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters gather near an area where people were being taken into custody near Columbia University campus in New York, April 30, 2024. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
April 26, 2026, 11:00 am
US reportedly denying green cards over anti-Israel social media posts
Immigration agents told to look out for support for ‘antisemitic terrorism, ideologies or groups,’ or participation in anti-Israel campus protests, New York Times reports
By ToI Staff
Jennifer Mnookin, the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin, has been chosen to lead Columbia University beginning in July 2026. (Max Gerber/ University of Wisconsin via JTA)
January 27, 2026, 12:09 am
Columbia selects Jennifer Mnookin, Jewish U of Wisconsin chancellor, as next leader
The fourth woman to assume the role since the Oct. 7 Hamas invasion, the new president has a reputation for promoting open inquiry and academic freedom while keeping the peace
By PHILISSA CRAMER
The first location of Palestinian restaurant Ayat in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York. (Google Streetview)
November 29, 2025, 7:37 am
NYC Palestinian restaurant renames itself to honor Columbia’s anti-Israel protesters
Ayat rebrands as ‘Hinds Hall,’ paying homage to protesters’ takeover of a campus building and renaming of it after Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl killed in Gaza
By Grace Gilson
Police patrol as workers clean up anti-Israel graffiti at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus after police evicted pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters, May 2, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
September 23, 2025, 12:29 pm
US judge orders Trump administration to restore UCLA grants frozen over Gaza war protests
Over $500 million in federal funding to be restored after judge says suspensions likely ‘arbitrary and capricious’; on Rosh Hashanah, Trump vows to end ‘scourge of antisemitism’
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus, June 12, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
September 3, 2025, 8:12 pm
Judge orders University of Pittsburgh to reinstate Students for Justice in Palestine
Decision comes as new school year starts, anti-Israel protests expected to continue; Pitt’s SJP chapter was suspended in March for ‘disrupting disciplinary process’
By Grace Gilson
California Governor Gavin Newsom speaks at a news conference in Sacramento, California, on March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
August 10, 2025, 9:46 am
California governor rejects Trump’s $1b demand to settle UCLA antisemitism claims
Gavin Newsom, along with Jewish state legislators, calls settlement offer ‘political extortion’; White House has accused school of violating Jewish and Israeli students’ rights
By Reuters, JTA and ToI Staff
Demonstrators walk in an encampment on the UCLA campus after clashes between protesters demonstrating about the Israel-Hamas war, Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file)
August 9, 2025, 5:07 am
Trump demands $1b from University of California over UCLA Gaza protests
Administration pushing claims of antisemitism against institution; UC official says proposed fine would ‘completely devastate’ public university system
By AFP
Students sit on the front steps of Low Memorial Library on the Columbia University campus in New York City, February 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
July 23, 2025, 1:52 am
Columbia University suspends and expels dozens of students over anti-Israel unrest
Penalties come as the university faces heavy US government pressure to rein in campus antisemitism, with the loss of research funding
By Luke Tress
George Washington University students carry a sign during an anti-Israel protest as George Washington University President Ellen Granberg speaks at a commencement ceremony in Washington, May 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
May 22, 2025, 12:05 pm
US university bans student for commencement speech calling to divest from Israel
Speaker at George Washington graduation urges alumni not to donate, decries Gaza ‘genocide’; DC school apologizes for ‘inappropriate’ speech that strayed from approved text
By Andrew Lapin
People hold signs as they protest the arrest of former Columbia University anti-Israel student activist Mahmoud Khalil during a 'Fight for Our Rights' demonstration at the University of Washington campus in Seattle, Washington, March 15, 2025. (Jason Redmond/AFP)
May 8, 2025, 5:52 pm
Trump administration condemns destructive pro-Palestinian protest at Seattle’s UW campus
US secretary of education decries ‘horrifying display of the antisemitic harassment and lawlessness’ as school says group that praised Oct. 7 atrocities caused $1 million in damages
By Grace Gilson
Tessa Veksler celebrates her graduation from the University of California, Santa Barbara, June 16, 2024. (Courtesy)
May 2, 2025, 5:06 am
How a Jewish-American student leader faced down hate to become a global influencer
As anti-Israel protests peaked last year, Tessa Veksler beat a recall vote as UC Santa Barbara student body president. She now features in the top-grossing documentary ‘October 8’
By Katja Ridderbusch
Mohsen Mahdawi speaks outside the courthouse after a US judge released the Palestinian student activist on April 30, 2025 in Burlington, Vermont. (AP Photo/Amanda Swinhart)
April 30, 2025, 8:11 pm
US judge orders release of Palestinian student activist set for deportation
Lawyers of Mohsen Mahdawi say government can appeal release of West Bank-born Columbia student, who is associated with pro-Hamas groups but has also denounced antisemitism
By AP and ToI Staff
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during an Israel Police Independence Day ceremony at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, April 20, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 24, 2025, 4:21 pm
An elite Jewish society at Yale fractures over its director’s embrace of Itamar Ben Gvir
As Shabtai, which says it promotes free speech, welcomes the far-right Israeli minister at off-campus events, critics in and outside of the group protest his extremist rhetoric
By Andrew Lapin
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