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University of Massachusetts Amherst

Illustrative: Anti-Israel BDS activists in New York City, May 15, 2021. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
September 10, 2025, 2:27 pm
UMass Amherst rejects BDS at upcoming academic conference
Flagship university of Massachusetts public system says Israel boycott at gathering being hosted by feminist German scholar group would violate non-discrimination policy
By Luke Tress
A demonstration for Israeli hostages staged by Hillel at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, shortly before a student was arrested for punching a Jewish student and spitting on an Israeli flag at the event, Nov. 3, 2023. (JTA)
November 7, 2023, 5:04 pm
UMass student arrested for punching Jewish student at Hillel vigil
Incident occurs at solidarity event for Israeli hostages held by Hamas terror group in Gaza, follows other cases of antisemitism on college campuses
By Andrew Lapin
David Seidenberg
June 11, 2019, 7:36 am
David Seidenberg
Roger Waters claims Israeli fans nixed peace. It’s a lie.
Waters often tells of 60,000 concert goers pivoting from ecstatic cheers to sullen silence. A recording tells a very different story
Linda Sarsour speaking onstage during the Women’s March on Washington in Washington, DC, Jan. 21, 2017. (Theo Wargo/Getty Images via JTA)
May 7, 2019, 6:56 pm
UMass Amherst holds pro-Palestine event branded anti-Semitic
Panelists at Massachusetts gathering include Linda Sarsour, Roger Waters and Marc Lamont Hill
By JTA
The University of Massachusetts Amherst. (CC BY-SA Tomwsulcer, Wikipedia)
May 3, 2019, 3:53 am
Judge rules against bid to stop Roger Waters’ pro-Palestinian panel at UMass
Jewish students had argued discussion featuring BDS-supporting musician and others would be anti-Semitic and should be moved off campus
By AP
Nicole Parsons, a junior at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, said she decided to put up this sign after a swastika was drawn over a Happy Hanukkah sign. (Courtesy)
December 25, 2018, 4:05 am
UMass student asked to remove ‘F*** Nazis’ sign because it’s not inclusive
Junior Nicole Parsons says she put up placard after a swastika was scrawled over ‘Happy Hanukkah’ sign on campus
By Sam Sokol
David S. Wyman, a Holocaust scholar, dies at age 89. (Courtesy)
March 15, 2018, 8:38 pm
David S. Wyman, Holocaust scholar, dead at 89
Best known for his book ‘Abandonment of the Jews,’ the historian was a fierce critic of American inaction during the systemic murder of millions of Jews by the Nazis
By Hillel Italie
Andrew Auernheimer was part of a group in 2010 that hacked AT&T’s servers, but his conviction was overturned on appeal. (Wikimedia Commons)
March 30, 2016, 7:23 pm
White supremacist claims swastika printing hack at US colleges
Andrew Auernheimer, self-described ‘white nationalist hack­tivist,’ says he sent fliers to every publicly accessible printer in North America
By JTA
Princeton University (Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 de, Wdwdbot)
March 28, 2016, 6:05 am
Printers at Princeton, other campuses hacked with anti-Semitic message
Flanked by swastikas, text on flyer reads: ‘White man, are you sick and tired of the Jews destroying your country’
By JTA
Ezra Schwartz, center, was murdered by a Palestinian terrorist south of Jerusalem on November 19, 2015. At the time, Schwartz was spending a gap year at a Beit Shemesh yeshiva. (Facebook)
November 20, 2015, 4:47 am
Ezra Schwartz had ‘unconditional’ love of Israel, helped friends overcome fears
Whether at camp or on the baseball field, yeshiva student, 18, killed in Thursday terror attack was known for sense of humor, commitment to others
By Matt Lebovic
The University of Massachusetts Amherst. (CC BY-SA Tomwsulcer, Wikipedia)
July 15, 2015, 5:35 am
$5M bequest to UMass Amherst to benefit Judaic studies, Hillel
Washington DC couple Pamela and Robert Jacobs, both alumni, endow chair in rabbinics and Bible, scholarships
By JTA
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