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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 350

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A person protests outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, June 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
June 29, 2023, 10:48 pm
US Supreme Court bars affirmative action benefiting minorities in college admissions
Conservative-dominated court rules that race cannot be a factor; Biden ‘strongly disagrees,’ says student bodies should ‘reflect all of America’
By Mark Sherman
Illustrative: Zoom University Hillel. (Collage by Emily Burack/ Alma via JTA)
March 30, 2020, 12:18 am
Forced to leave school, Jewish college students unite in Zoom University Hillel
With humor, matchmaking, and Jewish geography, a virtual space collects 8,000 users in four days showing that for these Gen-Z Jews, social distancing doesn’t have to mean isolation
By Deanna Schwartz
Illustrative: The alma mater statute on the Columbia University campus. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)
December 6, 2019, 1:42 pm
Tel Aviv University, Columbia launch joint undergraduate program
Students will split time between the universities during 4-year track, receive liberal arts degrees from both of them
By ToI Staff
New England Patriots' Julian Edelman (#11) holds the Vince Lombardi Trophy after the NFL Super Bowl 53 football game against the Los Angeles Rams, Feb.ruary 3, 2019, in Atlanta. The Patriots won 13-3. Edelman was named the Most Valuable Player. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)
May 12, 2019, 10:40 pm
Julian Edelman graduates from college, 10 years after leaving Kent State
Jewish 2019 Super Bowl MVP completes integrated studies bachelor’s degree, which he says fulfills promise to his parents and will set example for his daughter
By Marcy Oster
Illustrative: Palestinian and left-wing Jewish groups stage a rally walking from Times Square to United Nations Building in New York, September 15, 2011, calling to end all US aid to Israel, end the occupation and support Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) against Israel. (AP Photo/David Karp)
From the WebMarch 1, 2019, 3:42 pm
How a private Israeli intel firm spied on US pro-Palestinian activists
Private spy companies employing ex-IDF intelligence soldiers are working to silence BDS proponents on American college campuses, New Yorker reports
US President Donald Trump calls a guest to the stage during a ceremony welcoming the 2018 college football playoff National Champion Clemson Tigers to the White House in Washington, January 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 15, 2019, 6:17 pm
Trump roasted for saying he served ‘hamberders’ in White House
Social media users also point out US president hugely overstated the number of burgers served to college football players
By ToI Staff and AP
Janet Fein (L) with her longtime college adviser, Sheila Rollerson. (University of Texas at Dallas News Center.)
December 25, 2018, 2:38 am
84-year-old Jewish grandmother finishes her college degree
Janet Fein graduated from high school at 16 in 1950 but only pursued higher education after retiring and receiving free tuition
By Sam Sokol
Students pictured at Jerusalem's Hadassah Academic College, on December 16, 2014.(Maxim Dinshtein /Flash90
November 22, 2018, 11:52 am
Students return to studies at seven colleges after senior staff end strike
Labor court to help management reach pay deal with lecturers, who want same salaries as senior staff in universities
By ToI Staff
A demonstrator participates in a rally in Boston’s Copley Square in support of a lawsuit against Harvard contending that the university discriminates against Asian Americans in admissions, October 14, 2018. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images/via JTA)
October 20, 2018, 5:28 am
Is Harvard capping the number of Asian Americans it admits, as it once did Jews?
Recalling a Jewish quota in place until the ’60s, a lawsuit claims the admissions process targets one group; critics say the case is a conservative bid to repeal affirmative action
By Ben Sales
A tour group walks through the campus of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Word of an August 2017 Justice Department inquiry into how race factors into admissions at Harvard University has left top-tier colleges bracing for scrutiny of practices that have boosted diversity levels to new highs. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
October 14, 2018, 3:13 pm
Son of Russian-Jewish immigrants fights affirmative action on behalf of Asians
Cato Institute fellow Ilya Shapiro says race shouldn’t factor into college admissions — and if an October 15 case against Harvard fails, he’ll go all the way to the Supreme Court
By Julie Masis
Erica Brown
January 3, 2018, 12:49 pm
Erica Brown
At 16, I could barely write my name in Hebrew
Day schools graduate compassionate, spiritual kids, who use good judgment, advocate for justice… and get into good colleges
Illustrative image of an empty college lecture room. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
October 18, 2017, 3:09 pm
17 academic colleges call strike amid wage dispute
Labor action comes a week before the opening of school year; senior staff want pay to match universities
By Stuart Winer
Twenty-two Sabbath observant students at University of Maryland were given an alternate Sunday ceremony on May 21, thanks to efforts by the university's Chabad and Hillel students groups and an accommodating administration. (Courtesy)
May 25, 2017, 1:03 am
U. of Maryland holds alt-graduation for Shabbat observers
For the first time, 22 Jewish students and families who observe the day of rest are given an alternative option
By Yaakov Schwartz
Students sitting in the College Green outside Sayles Hall on the Brown University campus in Providence, Rhode Island. (Wikimedia Commons)
February 25, 2017, 1:05 pm
Looking for a Jewish college roommate? BBYO has an app for that
Joomie asks new students questions about their Jewish identity and habits, and pairs them up with likeminded dorm mates
By Gabe Friedman
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during a GOTV concert at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania November 5, 2016. (AFP/Brendan Smialowski)
November 6, 2016, 8:29 pm
Clinton holds 4-point lead among likely voters — poll
Democratic nominee also has comfortable lead over her Republican rival with those who have already cast ballots
By Stuart Winer
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