Four Orthodox rabbis are among the 26 people named by President Donald Trump to advise his newly formed Religious Liberty Commission. Two other Jewish activists at right-wing advocacy groups are also joining the commission, which Trump announced earlier this month. Critics of the commission have charged that it caters to the concerns of evangelical Christians […]
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The City Council of Providence, Rhode Island, raised the Palestinian flag at City Hall on Friday amid dueling demonstrations. The council announced the decision to raise the flag on X Wednesday, one day before Palestinians and their supporters observed Nakba Day, which marks the displacement of Palestinians upon Israel’s establishment. City Council President Rachel Miller […]
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The revelation that President Donald Trump intends to accept a $400 million airplane from the government of Qatar to replace Air Force One has dominated news headlines and generated widespread outcry. Scores of journalists and critics are pointing to a pattern of alleged Qatari influence-buying in the United States. But these allegations are not new. […]
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New York University is withholding the diploma of a student graduation speaker who used his commencement address to accuse Israel of genocide and decry “the atrocities currently happening in Palestine.” The episode is the most controversial moment so far of a campus graduation season that has cooled off somewhat compared to last year’s Israel protests. […]
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Shabbos Kestenbaum, the Harvard Divinity School graduate and high-profile critic of campus antisemitism, has settled his lawsuit against Harvard in which he alleged the school did not protect Jewish students from antisemitic harassment. Kestenbaum’s 16-month legal battle against Harvard ended with a settlement, but the exact terms are confidential. The finale to the suit comes […]
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Days after a man pleaded guilty to making death threats against a political commentator who had disparaged a famous rabbi, Candace Owens identified herself as the victim. In early September, Owens, a far-right pundit, derided Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the late leader of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement. The comments, made during a TV debate with […]
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The first time Yehuda Kaploun’s name entered the Congressional Record, it was because a senator named Joe Biden had elevated his concerns about antisemitism. The second time came last week, 32 years later, when President Donald Trump, who preceded and followed Biden in the White House, formally nominated Kaploun to an ambassador-level role tasked with […]
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Organizers of a community garden in Ridgewood, Queens, that required members to oppose Zionism may now lose their city license. Applicants to the Sunset Community Garden were asked to sign a “statement of values” that included opposition to Zionism, antisemitism and “nationalist and/or racist beliefs.” In an April 16 letter, the New York City Parks […]
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A federal judge has ordered that a Georgetown University researcher accused by the Trump administration of “spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media” be freed from detention while the government pursues efforts to deport him. Bader Khan Suri, an Indian national, was arrested in March amid the Trump administration’s early crackdown on pro-Palestinian […]
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A militant pro-Israel group’s recommendation appears to have led directly to the arrest of a foreign student activist, according to a recent ruling by a federal judge. The ruling, freeing the student from immigration detention, names Betar US and offers the clearest answer yet to a question that has revolved around the Trump administration’s campus […]
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