Jewish students

Building Israel’s campus ambassadors

For more than a decade, Students Supporting Israel has been training students to advocate for the Jewish state. Founder Ilan Sinelnikov discusses the challenges facing campuses today

Participants in the 9th SSI National Conference at Florida Atlantic University
Members of the national board of J Street U, the liberal Zionist group's campus wing, speak at their 2026 convention in Washington, D.C.

Sarah Lawrence student senate rejects J Street U chapter after fierce backlash

Former hostage Omer Shem Tov speaks, as people celebrate at the "Hostages square", after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that Israel and Hamas agreed on the first phase of a Gaza ceasefire, in Tel Aviv, Israel, October 9, 2025.

Jewish students deserve more than conditional empathy - opinion

GEORGIA GOV. Brian Kemp speaks during a press conference last month.

Georgia sets the bar: New laws tackle antisemitism and foreign influence in education - opinion


‘I am not an agent for change, I am trying to preserve the community’

Rabbi Menachem Bombach’s Netzach Educational Network for haredi students views secular studies as integral part of its school curriculum.

 JERUSALEM UNITY Prize presentation in May, with (L to R) Iris and Ori Yifrach, one of three sets of parents whose murdered sons inspired the prize; Rabbi Bombach; President Isaac Herzog; Yoav Zimran, Jerusalem Municipality.

Jewish students call for Ben & Jerry's to evacuate 'illegally occupied' Vermont land

Over 1,000 Israeli university students have called for the ice cream company to return the land on which their Vermont headquarters sit to the Abenaki nation who previously lived there.

 Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory Waterbury, Vermont

Empowering Pro-Israel students is crucial for Israel’s future

'Especially now, more people on college campuses should know that being pro-Israel means pro-West, pro-freedom and pro-democracy.'

 Pro-Israel supporters take part in a protest in Brussels, Belgium May 16, 2021

University of Haifa to award over $120m. in Jewish studies scholarships

$120 million will be earmarked for students studying Jewish religion, heritage and history, and an additional $3 million will go towards female students with financial issues.

 Students at the University of Haifa.

Rabbinical student receives $1.2M donations after Humans of New York feature

An interview with DiCo about what that money will accomplish, how the 9/11 attack on the Twin Towers started him on a path toward Judaism, and what speech, debate have in common with Jewish ritual:

 People crowd into 7th Avenue at 42nd street in Manhattan in 2015.

New NUS president repeatedly called for violence on Israelis

Shaima Dallali, the newly-elected National Union of Students president, backed violence against Israelis on several occasions last year.

 South African demonstrators and BDS activists hold placards during a protest in May 2021 outside the Israel Trade offices in Sandton, SA, following a flare-up of Israeli-Palestinian violence

Jewish parent threatens to burn down son's school over mask policy

After a parent at a Miami Jewish school said he would burn the school down, his ten-year-old son was expelled and he was ultimately arrested.

 Children wear a masks and wait for US President Joe Biden to visit her pre-Kindergarten class at East End Elementary School to highlight the early childhood education proposal in his Build Back Better infrastructure agenda in North Plainfield, New Jersey, US October 25, 2021.

New Matan fellowship empowers female scholars to publish books of Torah scholarship  

The Kitvuni fellowship will be directed by Dr. Yael Ziegler, Matan’s Rosh Batei Midrash and Academic Director.

 Women studying at Matan Women's Institute for Torah Studies in Jerusalem.

New web platform looks to rethink pluralistic Jewish education

Meet Truvie, a new platform offering virtual Jewish education experiences, such as Minecrafting a Sukkah and virtual guitar jam circles.

CHILDREN PLAY in a classroom at Hand in Hand, a mixed Jewish-Arab kindergarten, in Jaffa.

Mosaic United to donate $23m. for Jewish campus programs

Jerusalem-based initiative Mosaic United and its partners committed to providing USD $23 million to 400 schools to fund Jewish student programming for the sixth year in a row.

Students celebrate Hanukkah at the University of Florida Hillel, a partner of Mosaic United.