Category: Local

A New York federal appeals court ruled Monday to overturn the guilty verdict for the man convicted in the 1979 disappearance of Etan Patz, the Jewish 6-year-old whose kidnapping and presumed murder changed America’s approach to missing-child cases. Pedro Hernandez, 64, was convicted of Etan’s kidnapping and murder in 2017 and was serving a 25-year […]

Columbia University is suspending, expelling and revoking the degrees of students who participated in two high-profile pro-Palestinian demonstrations on its campus. The university announced on Tuesday that a judicial board had meted out the punishments to students who participated in the pro-Palestinian encampment in April 2024 and who occupied the campus’ main library in May. […]

The subject of Israel has repeatedly encroached on New York City’s mayoral race. Now, the country’s prime minister is also weighing in. Benjamin Netanyahu attacked the Democratic candidate, Zohran Mamdani, in an appearance on the “Full Send Podcast” with the Nelk Boys published on Monday. The Canadian-American influencer group is known for their viral pranks […]

A federal judge in Boston heard arguments Monday in a closely watched case between Harvard University and the Trump administration over more than $2 billion in frozen research funding, a dispute rooted in claims the university failed to adequately respond to antisemitism on campus. The hearing marked a key moment in the legal fight, which […]

The board of directors for the National Education Association, the United States’ largest teachers union, has rejected a proposal by its delegates to sever ties with the Anti-Defamation League. The rejection on Friday night comes after the delegates’ proposal earlier this month to bar the union from using, endorsing or publicizing any materials from the […]

A simmering dispute over Israel’s treatment of visa applications by Christian groups has boiled over into a diplomatic standoff, with U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee threatening to warn American Christians against visiting the Jewish state if the issue is not resolved and suggesting that the foundation of the American-Israel relationship is in jeopardy.  In a sharply […]

More than 200 students at Cheltenham High School in suburban Philadelphia have petitioned for the school’s alumni hall of fame to eject Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who graduated from the school in 1967. Officers of the school’s alumni association are meeting with school district officials on Friday to consider the petition, according to a […]

Half a year into the Israel-Hamas war that began in October 2023, the executive director of Jewish Voice for Peace might have been riding high. Attention and support for the three-decade-old group was way up. New chapters were forming, and the group’s social media following had tripled, ringing in at 1.3 million on Instagram alone. […]

The number of antisemitic assaults and acts of vandalism on college campuses fell sharply in the last school year, according to Hillel International. And the pro-Palestinian encampments that ignited fear among many Jewish college students in early 2024 effectively disappeared in the year since, with just nine encampments taking place in the last school year, […]

WASHINGTON — Jesus is rising, again, at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, is returning to its former place of prominence a massive painting of Jesus that was removed two years ago following a request from Jewish midshipmen and others. The restoration drew attention on Wednesday in Congress, where Rep. […]