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Brown University rejects pro-Palestinian protesters’ demand to divest from Israel

October 9, 2024October 9, 2024Sara Wood

Brown University’s board of governors has rejected a closely scrutinized, student-led proposal to divest from companies with business in Israel. The rejection allays concerns expressed by some pro-Israel groups that the divestment movement was gaining momentum after the pro-Palestinian student encampments at universities across the country last spring. “Baruch Hashem,” Rabbi Josh Bolton, executive director […]

As Florida braces for Hurricane Milton, this rabbi is defying an evacuation order so he can help

October 8, 2024October 8, 2024Sara Wood

By order of the government of Fort Myers, Florida, Rabbi Yitzchok Minkowicz should have left his home and joined the mass of cars crawling out of the state’s southwest in advance of Hurricane Milton, which is due to make landfall Wednesday afternoon. Instead, Myers is staying put and planning to host Yom Kippur services on […]

Democratic poll shows 71% of Jewish voters across 7 swing states favor Kamala Harris

October 8, 2024October 10, 2024Sara Wood

WASHINGTON — A poll commissioned by a Jewish affiliate of the Democratic Party shows Vice President Kamala Harris garnering 71% of the Jewish vote in the seven swing states likely to decide the election. The poll released Wednesday by the Jewish Democratic Council of America and conducted from Sept. 26-Oct. 2 showed Donald Trump getting […]

Suspect arrested in U of Michigan rabbi’s home robbery, with no evidence of antisemitic intent

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Sara Wood

ANN ARBOR, Michigan — A suspect has been arrested in the armed robbery of a University of Michigan rabbi’s home on the first night of Rosh Hashanah. Police in the Detroit suburb of Southfield announced Monday that they had arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the incident, which they described as a run-of-the-mill home […]

Hostage father Jonathan Dekel-Chen lambastes Netanyahu at American Jewish Committee Oct. 7 event

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Sara Wood

WASHINGTON — The father of a hostage held in the Gaza Strip marked the one-year anniversary of Hamas’ invasion of Israel by decrying Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a speech to American Jews. Jonathan Dekel-Chen, whose son Sagui was captured by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7, 2023, delivered the speech at an American Jewish […]

Minneapolis police arrest man for ‘terroristic threats’ made to synagogue on Rosh Hashanah

October 7, 2024October 7, 2024Sara Wood

The Minneapolis Police Department on Friday arrested a 21-year-old man for making “terroristic threats” against a local synagogue on Rosh Hashanah, three weeks after the man allegedly threatened to “shoot up” the synagogue. Jaden LeBlanc’s arrest occurred a day after a member of Temple Israel’s security team reported spotting a man with a gun outside […]

Jewish officials handling hurricane communications face antisemitic harassment

October 7, 2024October 8, 2024Sara Wood

WASHINGTON — Jewish government officials are being targeted with antisemitic attacks in a misinformation blitz hampering efforts to get critical information out to victims of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Asheville Mayor Esther Manheimer and Jaclyn Rothenberg, the spokeswoman for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, have been the […]

Teacher at Baltimore Jewish school sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024Sara Wood

A teacher at a Jewish school in Baltimore has been sentenced to 23 years in federal prison for sex crimes. William “Zev” Steen, 46, pleaded guilty to sexual exploitation of a child, a felony, in the U.S. District Court of Maryland. He was sentenced on Monday. Steen, who taught students at Bnos Yisroel of Baltimore, […]

Tim Walz, JD Vance stand by Israel in VP debate but spar over Trump’s ability to contain Iran

October 2, 2024October 2, 2024Sara Wood

Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz both expressed unstinting support for Israel during a vice presidential debate that took place just after Israel came under Iranian assault. But the two men tussled over whether Donald Trump, the former president who is the Republican presidential nominee, would be as reliable a steward of […]

U of Maryland must let pro-Palestinian student group hold an Oct. 7 event, judge rules

October 1, 2024October 1, 2024Sara Wood

The University of Maryland must allow a pro-Palestinian student group to hold a campus rally on the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks after revoking its permit to do so, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Peter Messitte was a rebuke to Jewish and pro-Israel groups at the […]