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Qatar’s elite pipeline: How Northwestern’s Doha campus serves the Qatari ruling families

An investigation reveals how Northwestern’s Qatar campus has become a patronage pipeline for the Al-Thani royal family and elite dynasties, raising alarms over foreign influence.

“Of 729 Northwestern University - Qatar graduates from 2014 to 2025, approximately 21 percent bear surnames from the Al-Thani royal family or 11 other elite Qatari dynasties.”
A University of Sydney staff member was suspended after allegedly harassing Jewish students and staff holding a Sukkot holiday event on campus last Thursday, calling students "parasites."

‘Parasites:’ University of Sydney staffer charged for harassing Jewish attendees at holiday event

Employees, mostly veterans of military computing units, use keyboards as they work at a cyber hotline facility at Israel's Computer Emergency Response Centre (CERT) in Beersheba, southern Israel

Alumni keep close ties after Israel-focused fellowships and consulting - study

MIRIAM ADELSON looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, December 16, 2025.

Trump administration moves to pause visa lottery after Brown University attack


Federal prosecutors resign over Trump DOJ handling of UC antisemitism probe

“I am highly skeptical of whether this administration actually cares about Jewish people or antisemitism,” said Dena Robinson, a Jewish and Black former senior trial attorney.

The UCLA campus seen Nov. 19, 2025.

Brown University students light first Hanukkah candle in the shadow of mass shooting

On Saturday, a gunman opened fire on a room where students had gathered to review for their final exam in Principles of Economics, Brown’s most popular class that is dominated by freshmen.

Jewish students at Brown University mark havdalah during a lockdown caused by a shooting in an engineering class, Dec. 13, 2025.

Two students remembered after fatal shooting rocks Brown University campus

Dreams of two high achieving Brown University students were cut short after a campus shooting left them dead and seven others wounded, prompting mourning across the campus community.

Attendees hold candles and listen to local artists sing during a vigil at Lippitt Memorial Park the evening after Brown University was locked down amid reports of a shooting on campus in Providence, Rhode Island, US December 14, 2025.

Manhunt for Brown University shooter renewed after police release detained man

The gunman fled after shooting students in a classroom in Brown's Barus & Holley engineering and physics building, where outer doors had been left unlocked while exams were taking place.

Law enforcement officers canvas the area after Brown University was locked down amid reports of a shooting on campus in Providence, Rhode Island, US, December 13, 2025.

From Miami to Beit Shemesh: A doctor’s mission to restore Hebrew pronunciation

Dr. Norman Bloom unveils a clear path to reading Hebrew as it was intended to be spoken, after decades of study.

Dr. Norman Bloom.

Antisemitism task force: Columbia must add Middle East faculty who are not explicitly anti-Zionist

Columbia’s Task Force on Antisemitism urged the Ivy League university to add expertise on Jewish and Israeli topics that do not come from an anti-Israel stance.

Students walk on campus at Columbia University during the first day of the fall semester in New York City, US, September 2, 2025

Shooting at Kentucky State University leaves one dead, one wounded

The suspected shooter was apprehended and is currently in custody.

A police car is parked behind a yellow tape near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, US May 22, 2025. (illustrative)

Harvard, Columbia quietly promote individuals involved in antisemitic incidents

A Harvard graduate who assaulted a Jewish classmate has been given a graduate teaching fellowship, and a Columbia Associate Professor who blocked Jewish students has been promoted to full Professor

Ibrahim Bharmal and Elom Tettey-Tamaklo surrounded a Jewish student named Yoav Segev and covered him with keffiyehs while shouting “Shame! Shame! Shame!” as he tried to free himself and said "don't touch me." October 2023.

Judge orders University of Florida to readmit law student who posted antisemitic content online

The student was banned from the campus for three years in April after he posted dozens of antisemitic and xenophobic statements to his X account.

 Gainesville, Florida

Jewish orgs. slam NGO report detailing 'Zionist attack on academic freedom'

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC), and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) made a joint statement calling out the report.

ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks onstage at ADL's Never Is Now conference on March 3, 2025 in New York City.

Northwestern University to pay US gov’t $75 million after antisemitism allegations

The deal with Northwestern was the second-highest payout since the Trump administration began investigating antisemitism in academic institutions, according to the New York Times.

Signs are displayed in front of Deering Meadow, where an encampment of students are protesting in support of Palestinians, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, at Northwestern University campus in Evanston, Illinois, US. April 25, 2024