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Congratulations to MTF Student Board Member Ellie on officially being sworn into her new role as Student Body Vice President at Florida Atlantic University.
Her election reflects a growing community of MTF students stepping into leadership roles with confidence, conviction, and a commitment to strengthening campus dialogue and engagement.
We’re proud to see leaders like Ellie helping shape the future of Jewish and Zionist student life at FAU.
Israel has announced plans to pursue legal action against The New York Times over what it says were defamatory and false allegations published about the IDF, including extreme claims that Israeli officials say amounted to a modern blood libel.
Serious accusations require serious evidence. In an era where misinformation spreads instantly, media outlets have a responsibility to uphold accuracy, verification, and basic journalistic standards.
A new Australian national report on antisemitism found that not a single university had meaningfully implemented the antisemitism definition that was universally adopted by institutions of higher education across Australia last year.
The definition said that criticism of Israel “is not in and of itself antisemitic” but can cross that line when it relies on harmful stereotypes, calls for Israel’s elimination, or holds Jewish communities collectively responsible for Israel’s actions.
Yet, the new report found those standards not enforced in formal rules or regulations in a single case.
The report warned that without real accountability, Jewish students remain vulnerable to harassment, intimidation, and discrimination on campus.
Universities cannot claim to take antisemitism seriously while neglecting to enforce protections for Jewish students.
At the World Zionist Congress, CEO of European media company Axel Springer Mathias Döpfner spoke about why he considers himself a Zionist despite not being Jewish.
Döpfner explained that Zionism is the belief that the Jewish people deserve safety, self-determination, and a homeland after centuries of persecution.
At a time when Israel is demonized, and those who support it alongside, voices of principled allyship and moral clarity matter now more than ever.
For nearly three years, Human Rights Attorney Cohav Elkayam-Levy has worked tirelessly to document and preserve evidence of Hamas’ systematic use of rape and sexual violence as weapons of terror against Israeli women on October 7th.
Together with Israel’s Civil Commission, she and her team reviewed testimonies, forensic evidence, images, and videos to ensure the truth could never be erased, denied, or ignored.
Because of their work, victims who can no longer speak for themselves will still have their stories told. Thank you to Cohav and the entire Civil Commission team for bringing this evidence to the world.
Benjamin Birely went to Italy to pursue a PhD. Instead, he was forced to flee after a year because of extremely hostile conditions towards Israelis on his campus and throughout the city of Napoli.
What began as social isolation escalated into organized intimidation, defamatory videos labeling him a “soldier out of uniform,” and posts accusing him of pursuing a “PhD in Genocide.”
When this sort of bigotry is able to fester unchecked in an academic space, something is deeply wrong in the broader culture.
🎥: buildersofmideast
This video, produced by Israel’s Civil Commission, documents the horrific sexual violence and atrocities perpetrated by Hamas on October 7th and against the hostages held afterward. While major outlets debate narratives and amplify proven-false accusations against Israel, far too many people still refuse to confront the documented reality of what was done to Israeli civilians, most of them Jews.
They were dragged from their homes, hunted at a music festival, tortured, mutilated, murdered, and subjected to unimaginable brutality.
The world should not be allowed to turn its eyes from what happened.
Congratulations to Israeli Eurovision representative Noam Bettan, who is heading to the 2026 finals this Saturday after an incredible semi-final performance. 🎤⭐️
While online campaigns worked overtime to politicize his participation and have Israel banned from the competition, and some countries even chose to boycott the compeition, European audiences once again embraced the music and voted Israel through!
Israeli and Jewish artists deserve the same opportunity as everyone else to participate in international cultural spaces without harassment, exclusion, or hostility. Last night, talent won over hate!
