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US Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights says antisemitism in America is 'national crisis'

According to Dhillon, the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is working to ensure that every American, including Israeli-Americans, can 'live, learn, pray, and work without fear.'

Harmeet K. Dhillon speaks at the IAC National Summit 2026 at The Diplomat Beach Resort on January 17, 2026 in Hollywood, Florida; illustrative
Automatic parking. The car will do it for you

Some music 'Hits Different': Harvard study shows link between music and fatal car accidents in US

Will Scharf

Trump names Jewish Will Scharf as new White House counsel, assistant to the president

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani arrives prior speaking about the fiscal year 2027 budget in New York City on May 12, 2026.

Alan Dershowitz calls Jewish Mamdani voters 'self-haters' in radio interview


FBI, police investigating 'intentional' explosion at Harvard University's medical campus - NBC

After the building's fire alarm went off at 2:48 a.m., a Harvard University Police Department officer who responded to the call claimed to have seen two individuals fleeing the scene.

 A general view of the Harvard Medical School in the Longwood Medical Area in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., May 15, 2022. Picture taken with a drone. Picture taken May 15, 2022.

Harvard conservative magazine is shut down after publishing article laced with Nazi rhetoric

The board of the Harvard Salient called the material published in its articles “reprehensible, abusive, and demeaning.”

Harvard University's "Veritas" shield is seen on a gate on Feb. 17, 2024.

New and improved ‘killer’ cells show promise in staving off cancer spread - study

Researchers at MIT and Harvard University found that in the sample with modified 'killer' cells, the cancer did not spread.

Cancer ilustration image.

Harvard professor suspended after allegedly firing pellet gun near Brookline synagogue

The professor was allegedly seen shooting a pellet rifle in the vicinity of Temple Beth Zion on Erev Yom Kippur.

 Graduating students hold a sign reading "There Are No Universities Left in Gaza" during the 373rd Commencement Exercises at Harvard University, May 2024.

Trump says Harvard to pay $500 million in deal with administration

Harvard President Alan Garber has said that the various federal actions since Trump returned to office in January could strip the school of nearly $1 billion annually.

 Harvard students wearing Keffiyehs, May 2025.

Trump administration seeks to make Harvard ineligible for federal funding

Paula Stannard, the director of the Office for Civil Rights, said her office had notified Harvard of its right to a formal administrative hearing.

 Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US. April 12, 2025.

Jews are living through a 'high tide' of antisemitism, says American historian

Violence from the right and the left, as well as increased social media usage, has exacerbated antisemitism, says Pamela Nadell, a Jewish history professor at American University.

 A person stands watch at an entrance to the encampment on the university grounds as protests continue at Columbia University, during the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in New York City, US, April 25, 2024.

Israeli-led study finds green and Mediterranean diets slow brain aging

The investigation focused on the “brain age gap,” the difference between the MRI-predicted brain age and chronological age.

 Microglia and neurons.

Judge overturns Trump administration’s Harvard funding freeze tied to antisemitism allegations

US District Judge Allison Burroughs wrote that the Trump administration had used allegations of antisemitism at top US universities as a “smokescreen” for advancing its political agenda.

Here, people gather at Harvard to show their support for Palestinians in Gaza at a rally in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Harvard scientists pinpoint two pelvic breakthroughs that put humanity on its feet

Study reveals how growth plate reorientation transformed the human ilium from tall and narrow to short, wide, and curved, creating the bowl-shaped pelvis essential for upright walking.

Skeletons of great apes at the University of Cambridge Museum of Zoology. From left to right: Bornean orangutan, western gorilla, western gorilla, chimpanzee and human.