Last week the Trump administration, citing its desire to curb campus antisemitism, escalated its war with Harvard University by barring the school from admitting any international students. Now a federal judge has blocked the effort, clearing the way for Harvard to maintain its international student body — including its Israeli population as well as other […]
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A Michigan man who allegedly yelled antisemitic threats at families entering a synagogue in 2022 pleaded guilty Tuesday to the charge of being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the Department of Justice. In December 2022, Hassan Chokr, 37, of Dearborn, Michigan, drove through the parking lot of Temple Beth El in […]
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A potential breakthrough arrived earlier this month in California’s years-long debate over ethnic studies, in which Jewish groups fought to ensure that a curriculum mandate would not lead to teachers presenting Jews unfairly or singling out Israel. For the first time, influential lawmakers from several racial and ethnic caucuses offered to help the effort — […]
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Rabbi Doug Alpert did not utter the name of the man accused of killing Sarah Milgrim as he presided over her funeral on Tuesday. But before reciting El Maleh Rahamim, a prayer memorializing the dead, Alpert appeared to address the alleged gunman. “What a horrible disservice to not see her for who she was and […]
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A dual U.S. and German citizen has been charged for allegedly attempting to attack the U.S. embassy’s Tel Aviv branch office with molotov cocktails, according to the Department of Justice. The suspect, Joseph Neumeyer, 28, of Colorado, allegedly traveled to Israel and then approached the embassy office on May 19. He spat and cursed at […]
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Kingsley Wilson, a Department of Defense official who has repeatedly echoed antisemitic rhetoric online, will serve as the Pentagon’s new press secretary, according to an announcement Friday. “Kingsley’s leadership has been integral to the DoD’s success & we look forward to her continued service to President Trump!,” said Sean Parnell, the chief Pentagon spokesman and […]
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The Trump administration intends to cancel all of Harvard University’s remaining federal funding, approximately $100 million, in its latest salvo in a battle that started over the school’s handling of antisemitism concerns. The intention is set out in a letter to be sent Tuesday and obtained in draft form by The New York Times. The letter […]
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Guy Christensen, a TikTok influencer with more than 3 million followers, came out in support of the shooting attack that killed two Israeli embassy employees. “I do not condemn the elimination of the Zionist officials who worked at the Israeli embassy last night,” Christensen, a Gen-Z influencer who goes by YourFavoriteGuy on TikTok, said in […]
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The leader of an anti-ZIonist synagogue in Chicago decried the murders of two Israeli embassy employees as “heinous,” but said he felt it was too soon to tell if the attack was antisemitic. “It’s devastating,” Rabbi Brant Rosen, who leads the Tzedek Chicago congregation, said in an interview. “I mean, I think I would say […]
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Columbia University violated federal rules by “acting with deliberate indifference towards student-on-student harassment of Jewish students” since Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023 attack, the Trump administration announced Thursday. The department did not announce any new actions against Columbia, which the Trump administration has already pressured into making changes amid its crackdown on campuses with antisemitism complaints. […]
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