Netanyahu vows in UN speech to fight on in Lebanon and Gaza, as Israel strikes Hezbollah HQ in Beirut

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to keep fighting in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon until his war objectives were reached and warned that “there is no place in Iran that the long arm of Israel cannot reach.” Netanyahu’s speech Friday at the United Nations General Assembly opening came as Israel hit a key Hezbollah […]

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Laura Loomer, Jewish activist who flew on Trump’s plane, says her ties to antisemites shouldn’t count against her

WASHINGTON — Laura Loomer, the far-right Jewish activist who has grown close to Donald Trump, portrays herself as a courageous voice willing to speak out against those who wish harm to the Jewish people. She has also, in recent years, been embraced by some of the most prominent figures accused of antisemitism, from the rapper […]

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Brandeis President Ron Liebowitz resigns after no-confidence vote that cited budget crisis and Gaza protests

Brandeis University President Ronald Liebowitz announced his resignation Wednesday morning after he lost a vote of no confidence from faculty. Liebowitz’s resignation, which takes effect Nov. 1, comes amid steep financial challenges for the historically Jewish university. Brandeis announced in May that it would lay off 60 employees and restructure several programs to cut costs. […]

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Some universities agreed to consider divesting from Israel — but aren’t giving protesters what they wanted

One day before its meeting earlier this month, the University of Washington Board of Regents postponed a highly consequential item that was on its agenda: a vote related to an Israel divestment proposal. But if the public university in Seattle hoped to curb disruptions at the meeting, it didn’t work. Protesters, many of them motivated […]

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Inspired by Columbia example, pro-Palestinian encampments spring up at colleges nationwide

((JEWISH REVIEW)) – A pro-Palestinian protest at Yale University allegedly turned violent with dozens of arrests. The University of Southern California canceled all its planned commencement speakers. Encampments have sprung up at campuses from Boston to Ann Arbor and Chapel Hill. It’s not just Columbia: The unrest that has overtaken the Ivy League university in […]

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House overwhelmingly passes Israel aid, even as dissent grows in both parties

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — After months of debate, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved emergency defense assistance for Israel and humanitarian aid to Gaza on Saturday — but with a vote that demonstrated an erosion in the body’s once near-unanimous support for Israel aid. The House approved the $26 billion Israel-Gaza bill on Saturday […]

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‘I’m ready to leave this campus’: Jewish students at Columbia feel discomfort and isolation following Thursday’s unrest

((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Yakira Galler, a first-year student at Barnard College, has had trouble sleeping.  Galler has an apartment that looks out onto Broadway, which divides Columbia University’s campus from Barnard, its women’s college. Each night this week, she has heard crowds of protesters banging pots and pans, chanting “Intifada, revolution” and calling for the […]

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Police arrest son of prominent DC-area rabbi after alleged altercation with protesters outside Israeli Embassy

WASHINGTON ((JEWISH REVIEW)) — Police arrested the son of a prominent Washington D.C.-area rabbi after he allegedly got into an altercation with protesters outside the Israeli Embassy. Two witnesses quoted in a Secret Service police arrest sheet accused Ezra Weinblatt, a real estate agent and the son of Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt, who leads Congregation B’nai […]

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