🏫 Harvard has drafted new rules that “would prohibit daytime and overnight camping, excessive noise, unapproved signage and chalk or paint displays on campus property,” after protests roiled the university in the spring. (Jewish Insider)
🎒 Drexel University in Philadelphia reached an agreement to “respond more effectively” to antisemitism after a federal probe was launched. (AP)
💻 More than a dozen Jewish House Democrats are calling for a hearing with Elon Musk on how X is profiteering off of antisemitic content and offering premium social media services to U.S.-designated terrorist groups. (Jewish Insider)
😲 Vandals defaced the home of Rep. Kim Hicks, a Minnesota state representative, with “swastikas, racial slurs, and Ku Klux Klan signatures.” (ABC 6)
👶 A British rabbi was jailed in Ireland for performing a circumcision without a medical license. Ireland permits rabbis to perform circumcisions only on Jews; it appears the baby may not have been Jewish. (JTA)
💻 As they plan for a “post-survivor world,” the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan is using artificial intelligence to create an installation where visitors can interact with people who directly experienced the Holocaust. (NY Times)
On the calendar ➤ Today is the start of the Nine Days, a period of mourning on the Jewish calendar, which culminates on the fast day of Tisha B’Av on Aug 13.
Shiva calls ➤ Filmmaker Manfred Kirchheimer, whose 1986 documentary explored a group of Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany (including himself) who had settled in Washington Heights, died at 93 … Ina Jaffe, who spent decades reporting for NPR, died at 75.
What else we’re reading ➤ First woman rabbi from Uganda steps into role at Bay Area synagogue … One church, two astronauts. How a Texas congregation is supporting its members on the space station … Archaeologists discover ancient Jerusalem moat, solving 150-year-old mystery.
