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Thousands of undergraduates received their degrees Sunday during commencement ceremonies for Tufts, Brandeis, and Boston universities, marking a milestone for a generation whose college years began with a pandemic and amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Good Wednesday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we interview JSpace Canada Chair Joe Roberts, and feature opinion pieces from Tyler Gregory and Paul Bernstein about yesterday’s March for Israel. Also in this newsletter: Rabbi Seth Winberg, Dr. George Breitberg and Adam Lehman. We’ll start with Tuesday’s march in Washington, D.C. A pro-Israel...

Many teenagers were among the 290,000 people who rallied for Israel at the National Mall on Tuesday. Here are the feelings of some of them.

Student groups and free speech advocates have offered mixed opinions on Brandeis University’s decision to derecognize the Students for Justice in Palestine.

Brandeis University reportedly became the first private university to ban the pro-Palestinian student organization for its support of Hamas' call too eliminate Israel.

(JTA) — Brandeis University is revoking recognition of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, saying the group “openly supports Hamas.”

“This decision was not made lightly, as Brandeis is dedicated to upholding free speech principles,” the university wrote in its letter, which the Jewish Telegraphic Agency obtained.

Missives aim to demonstrate that recent vote by legislative body not representative of majority view at the university founded in 1948 by US Jewish community leaders

(JTA) — The decision by Brandeis University’s student government senate to reject a resolution condemning Hamas is drawing significant dissent from within the university’s community.

The letter goes on to commend Brandeis president Ron Liebowitz for his support for Israel, and calls on more campus leaders to speak out as well.