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 By Jacob Gurvis    News    November 24, 2023

Boycott snarls 900 Detroit Jews' trek to DC Israel rally

(JTA) — Four hours after Tuesday’s historic pro-Israel march in Washington, D.C., ended, Jennie Levy had expected to be touching down back in Detroit, after a long but fulfilling day standing shoulder to shoulder with Jews from around the cou...

 
 By Luke Tress    News    November 24, 2023

Cornell student arrested over threats to kill Jews

(New York Jewish Week) — A Cornell University junior has been arrested in connection with threats to kill Jewish students at the school, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday. Patrick Dai, 21, from Pittsford, New York, is being charged wit...

 
 By Ron Kampeas    News    November 17, 2023

Candidates agree: 'Finish them'

(JTA) — It was one of the few questions that united all five candidates at what was a no-holds-barred Republican primary debate: What would they advise Israel’s prime minister as he wages war against Hamas? The uniform answer: Finish them. Isr...

 

Communities find many ways to support Israel

In the wake of recent events in Israel, the Jewish community and others in South Florida have joined forces to support the soldiers and individuals thousands of miles away. Meir Shemtov, a member of Chabad of Southwest Broward, has been one of the...

 
 By Ron Kampeas    News    November 17, 2023

US House of Representatives censures Tlaib for Israel remarks

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The U.S. House of Representatives censured Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the Palestinian American Democrat, for her rhetoric in the wake of Hamas’ Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, including using the term “from the river to the sea.” The...

 
 By Jacob Gurvis    News    November 17, 2023

Brandeis U bans Students for Justice in Palestine

(JTA) — Brandeis University is revoking recognition of the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine, saying the group “openly supports Hamas.” Brandeis informed the student group on Monday about its decision, which means that the group...

 

Schumer calls for $1 billion in new funds for Security Grants

(JNS) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) announced his intention on Monday to pursue a $1 billion surge in funding for the federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which helps bolster security for synagogues, day schools and other a...

 
 By Ron Kampeas    News    November 17, 2023

Henry Swieca quits Columbia Business School board, saying campus is 'unsafe' for Jews

(JTA) — A Jewish billionaire investor and philanthropist quit the board of Columbia Business School, saying the campus had become unsafe for Jews since the launch of the Israel-Hamas war. “With blatantly anti-Jewish student groups and professors all...

 

'This administration has an Iran policy problem,' says Congressman Mike Waltz

(JNS) — Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) sits on the House Foreign Affairs, Intelligence and Armed Services Committees, giving him a 360-degree perspective on both the context surrounding Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre in Israel and its aftermath. “At the end o...

 

Harvard, Penn, Columbia announce steps to address antisemitism following campus turmoil

(JTA) — Three Ivy League universities have announced steps to fight antisemitism after weeks of turmoil on their campuses and others. Harvard University has put together a group of advisors to address antisemitism on campus, and both the U...

 
 By Andrew Lapin    News    November 10, 2023

White House decries 'grotesque' antisemitic campus activities in support of Hamas attacks

(JTA) — The White House denounced “antisemitic messages being conveyed on college campuses” in a statement Thursday, condemning students groups that have praised Hamas’ attack on Israel or “call for the annihilation of the state of Israel.” The state...

 

Jewish students start lawsuits to battle campus antisemitism, hate crimes

(JNS) — Following a series of anti-Israel protests on campus—some which have turned violent—and a lack of adequate responses by university administrations, Jewish students are now turning to the U.S. legal system. “There has been an explosi...

 
 By Luke Tress    News    November 3, 2023

Shabbat tables in Times Square

(New York Jewish Week) - In front of a long U-shaped table in Times Square, set for 224 people, a crowd began to sing "Happy Birthday" for a 12-year-old boy named Erez. Thursday was Erez's birthday,...

 
 By Ron Kampeas    News    November 3, 2023

White House convenes meeting to address spike in campus antisemitism during Israel-Hamas war

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Biden administration convened a meeting with Jewish leaders on Monday on what it says is an “alarming” rise in reports of antisemitism on college campuses in the wake of the Israel-Hamas war. Doug Emhoff, the Jewish Secon...

 

Threats to kill Jewish students at Cornell

(JTA) — Police at Cornell University were called to the school’s kosher dining hall, and the campus Hillel warned students to stay away from it, after anonymous antisemitic posts on a Greek life website that included threats to “shoot up” the bui...

 
 By Ron Kampeas    News    November 3, 2023

Pence pulls out of GOP primary

LAS VEGAS (JTA) - Mike Pence chose a Jewish gathering to announce his exit from the presidential race, with a veiled warning that his onetime boss, Donald Trump, posed a threat to a robust American...

 

Week before Oct. 7 attack, pro-Hamas groups get seat at White House roundtable

(JNS) — A little more than a week before Hamas terrorists attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, the White House hosted a roundtable with Islamic groups that have since expressed sympathy for Hamas and blamed Israel for the murderous assault, a...

 
 By Ben Sales    News    November 3, 2023

Hundreds arrested at NYC's Grand Central as rallies take place across the globe

(New York Jewish Week) — Hundreds of protesters were arrested as they crowded Grand Central Station in New York City on Friday afternoon for a rally sponsored by a Jewish group calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. The rally came a day ahead of a s...

 
 By Luke Tress    News    November 3, 2023

Jewish students barricade in Cooper Union library as protesters chant 'Free Palestine,' on day of protest across NYC campuses

(New York Jewish Week) — Jewish students at a New York City college were locked in their school’s library for 20 minutes as pro-Palestinian demonstrators pounded on the doors and shouted slogans. The incident at Cooper Union, a private college in dow...

 

Protest in US Capitol ends in arrests of 300 far-left activists

(JNS) — Capitol police took into custody more than 300 people under charges of illegally protesting, with three also accused of assault, on Oct. 19 after a rally in the U.S. Capitol building led by far-left groups. Participants wore black shirts a...

 

Haley: Iran, Qatar, Turkey should take in Palestinian refugees

(JNS) - Excerpts from a recent CNN interview with Nikki Haley are being shared on social media with the claim that the Republican presidential candidate endorses a "plan to house up to one million...

 
 By Andrew Lapin    News    October 27, 2023

An avowed Holocaust denier is running for school board in Minnesota

(JTA) — One of the candidates on the ballot for an upcoming Minnesota school board election is an avowed Holocaust denier who has called for all Jews to be sterilized and tattooed with the Star of David, all synagogues to be closed and all Jewish c...

 

Bay Area JCRC offers guide to counter hate speech

(JNS) — With the advent of COVID-19 came technology to help isolated individuals get together, the most popular being Zoom. Those meeting publicly and privately still use the platform, though it has brought with it another scourge: antisemitism. I...

 

Billionaire backer of U of P considers pulling funds

(JNS) - Ronald S. Lauder, president of the World Jewish Congress since 2007, has told the University of Pennsylvania that it must work harder to counter campus antisemitism to continue benefiting...

 

Israel supporters drown out Hamas backers at rally outside Israel's New York City consulate

(JNS) - It was partly a celebration of life and partly an outpouring of anger. Several hundred Israel supporters-religious and secular, Israeli and American born-joined together in tight, barricaded...

 

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