Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian activist arrested at Columbia University, will remain in the United States and in ICE custody following a brief, highly anticipated court hearing on Wednesday. The arrest of Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia, has drawn national attention. Critics of the arrest have expressed alarm over the […]
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Hardly a day of Yakira Galler’s college career so far has been unaffected by the Israel-Hamas war. Galler was just weeks into her first semester at Columbia University when Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, turning her campus into an epicenter of pro-Palestinian protest and a lightning rod for those who saw the protests […]
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Acting on decades of Republican ambitions, the Trump administration is dramatically scaling back the federal education department, including its civil rights office— which has gone into high gear addressing antisemitism allegations at colleges and public schools. Staffing at the Office of Civil Rights, which handles complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, […]
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Isaac Henrion makes and sells bagels for a living. But when he spent Sunday afternoon at the local Jewish food festival in Durham, North Carolina, he didn’t bring any of his own fare. It’s not that he hadn’t signed up as a vendor. It’s that he had abruptly pulled out his store, Isaac’s Bagels, after […]
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The American Jewish Committee called for Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protester arrested by ICE at Columbia University, to be afforded due process before facing deportation. The statement said the group was “appalled” by Khalil’s views and actions but that “there is a difference between protected speech, even when deplorable, and statements and actions that justify […]
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The campus pro-Palestinian protests that erupted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks united many Jewish students, parents and “defense” groups in a national fight against antisemitism, intimidation and the disruption of university life. But as the Trump administration has taken up the cause with gusto — most recently arresting, detaining and threatening to deport […]
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A Wider Bridge, the pro-Israel LGBTQ organization, has named a new interim executive director four months after its previous director was charged with sexual misconduct. The announcement of Rabbi Denise Eger as interim director, as well as Daniel Hernandez as board chair earlier this year, comes as the group contends with pressures from multiple angles: […]
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This article was produced as part of (JEWISH REVIEW)’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around the world to report on issues that affect their lives. Adam Mendelsohn expected his Central Florida community to do something on International Holocaust Remembrance Day to educate people about the Shoah. When Jan. 27 came and […]
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The case of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protester arrested by ICE officers at Columbia University over the weekend, has divided Jewish groups: Right-wing pro-Israel voices are praising the arrest as a blow to a terrorist sympathizer, while a range of liberal and progressive Jewish groups are slamming it as authoritarian and unconstitutional. On Monday, one […]
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Liberal Jewish groups joined the chorus condemning the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, the Palestinian protest leader at Columbia University who was detained by ICE and threatened with deportation. The statements came amid a cascade of condemnation and protest Monday from Democratic politicians and progressive groups. President Donald Trump, meanwhile, hailed the arrest and pledged to […]
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