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

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 […]

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

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 […]

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