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Nearly a century ago, Columbia students staged mass protests against the university’s friendly relations with Nazi Germany. Today, Columbia students are protesting in support of Hamas terrorists who mimic the Nazis. How did this strange role reversal come about? In December 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited the Nazi German ambassador to the United […]
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"Do you think they can tell that I’m Jewish?" a young 19-year-old asked her mother, her voice strained with fear. This conversation took place in 2024, not 1944. It's a question that carries with it the weight of Jewish history, a history punctuated by persecution and pogroms. The mother, a dear friend of ours, could […]
Walking to her sorority house one afternoon, Amanda opened up her phone to see a personal Instagram message calling her a Zionist pig and disparaging her as a disgrace to the human race. Laced throughout the message were several expletives. Amanda couldn’t believe her eyes! Although she doesn’t have definitive proof, she has reason to […]
Wish you can speak Hebrew? Chances are, you know more Hebrew words than you think. Here are a bunch of contemporary Hebrew words (and a few short sentences) that you’re probably already familiar with. Shalom – שלום Anyone who ever attended Hebrew school knows that shalom means hello, goodbye and peace. The root of shalom […]
Jewish wisdom on friendship.