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FILE - Lights glow in Rutgers University's Old Queens building, April 4, 2013, in New Brunswick, NJ. (AP Photo/Mel Evans, File)
May 6, 2026, 10:24 pm
Rutgers disinvites graduation speaker who claimed Israel ‘trains dogs to sexually assault prisoners’
New Jersey’s flagship state school specifically cites ‘inflammatory claim’ about K9 ‘dungeons’ by Rami Elghandour, who has also accused Israel of ‘genocide’ and ‘terrorism’
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Jonathan Holloway, president of Rutgers University, testifies at the "Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos" hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on Capitol Hill on May 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images via JTA)
January 3, 2025, 12:30 pm
Rutgers, feds reach agreement on likely discrimination amid Gaza war protests
US Department of Education says New Jersey university likely failed to protect students, and school must review its anti-discrimination policies
By JTA and ToI Staff
From left to right: Northwestern University President Michael Schill, Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway and Frederick Lawrence testify at a hearing called 'Calling for Accountability: Stopping Antisemitic College Chaos' at the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 23, 2024. (Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images/AFP)
May 24, 2024, 6:02 am
US House panel grills university heads over deals to end anti-Israel encampments
Presidents of Northwestern and Rutgers insist they didn’t yield to protesters’ demands, as Republican committee head accuses them of ‘capitulating to the antisemitic rule breakers’
By Agencies
Jewish Rutgers University students and members of the community gather holding placards and flags to hold solidarity and vigil for Israel, October 25, 2023, New Brunswick, New Jersey. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
May 22, 2024, 8:11 pm
Letters by Jewish Rutgers students, faculty decry campus’s anti-Israel environment
Separate letters with hundreds of signatures come day ahead of university president Jonathan Holloway’s congressional hearing on campus antisemitism
By Ron Kampeas
Doug Seserman
May 14, 2024, 2:51 pm
Doug Seserman
What to do when your alma mater doesn’t reflect your values?
School administrators across the country have negotiated with protestors, reaching shocking deals that capitulated to anti-Israel pressure. Together we can make a difference. Here are some ideas.
Tents, flags and other supplies remain at Deering Meadow on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Ill. on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, a day after the university and protest organizers announced an agreement which largely ended anti-war demonstrations that have lasted days. (AP Photo/Melissa Perez Winder)
May 4, 2024, 8:42 pm
As some colleges make deals to end protests, critics say they’re incentivizing unrest
Certain Jewish community members unsatisfied with agreements that gave ground to anti-Israel activists, say they’re ‘watering and fertilizing seeds for more in the future’
By Andrew Lapin
In this video shared by the Daily Targum on November 8, 2023, Students for Justice in Palestine hold a rally at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 28, 2024, 2:48 am
Rutgers joins growing list of schools under GOP House investigation for antisemitism
Panel chair says New Jersey university’s center for Muslim and South Asian studies ‘a hotbed of radical antisemitic, anti-American, anti-Israel, and pro-terrorist activity’
By Andrew Lapin
In this video shared by the Daily Targum on November 8, 2023, Students for Justice in Palestine hold a rally at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 13, 2023, 4:16 am
Rutgers suspends Students for Justice in Palestine for violating university policies
Associate dean tells local SJP chapter ‘there is a reasonable basis to conclude’ its activities ‘pose a substantial and immediate threat to the safety and well-being of others’
By Andrew Lapin
Rutgers University's students place candles with the Star of David pattern to hold solidarity and vigil for Israel on Wednesday, October 25, 2023, in New Brunswick, New Jersey (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
October 28, 2023, 7:38 pm
Jewish, Muslim chaplains navigate US campus tensions as Israel-Hamas war rages
In charged and polarizing climate, ministries are seeking to console and guide students gripped with anger, pain, confusion or fear stemming from new violence and old grievances
By Agencies
At Rutgers Dental School, Holocaust survivor Yelena Olshansky receives free treatment from professor of restorative dentistry Peter L. DeSciscio (Courtesy)
October 2, 2023, 3:55 am
Holocaust survivors school young dentists on ‘trauma-informed’ care in New Jersey
Since 2020, a free clinic at Rutgers School of Dental Medicine has treated 69 Holocaust survivors, many of whom are afflicted with dental diseases due to childhood malnourishment
By Matt Lebovic
Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, NJ, on Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
April 30, 2022, 5:13 am
Jewish fraternity at New Jersey’s Rutgers University reports antisemitic harassment
Protesters from pro-Palestinian rally shouted antisemitic rhetoric and spat at members; in another incident, assailants threw eggs during Holocaust commemorations
By JTA
Rutgers University-Camden in Camden, NJ, on Monday, July 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
May 29, 2021, 4:16 am
Rutgers University condemns antisemitism, then apologizes for doing so
Following backlash from New Jersey school’s Students for Justice in Palestine, chancellor says he’s sorry for original statement and promises to be ‘more sensitive and balanced’
By Ben Sales
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, celebrating her 20th anniversary as a Supreme Court justice, is photographed in a conference room at the high court in Washington, August 30, 2013. (Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
December 23, 2020, 8:36 am
Rutgers university residence hall to be named for Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Former US Supreme Court justice taught at New Jersey-based law school for five years before taking position at Columbia and founding the Women’s Rights Project
By Shira Hanau
“Fauda,” starring Lior Raz, involves an Israeli counterterrorism unit whose members go undercover posing as Arabs. (Courtesy of Netflix/via JTA)
September 28, 2018, 8:25 am
‘Fauda’ screenwriter wanted to depict terrorists as ‘real human beings’
Praised for its realism, for writer Moshe Zonder, the Israeli counterterrorism thriller’s importance lies in its moral ambiguities
By Curt Schleier
Jasbir Puar (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 15, 2018, 2:33 pm
Book charging Israel intentionally maims Palestinians wins US academic prize
Rutgers University professor Jasbir Puar claims that Israeli troops seek to injure Palestinians ‘in order to control them’
By JTA
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