Judge blocks Trump bid to suspend refugee funding, in legal victory for Jewish group HIAS

The Trump administration’s bid to suspend funding for refugee admissions was partially blocked by a Seattle federal judge Monday, in response to a lawsuit by refugee aid agencies including the Jewish group HIAS. The injunction from Judge Jamal N. Whitehead found it unlawful for the administration to terminate its agreements with the refugee resettlement agencies. […]

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Trump can’t deport Columbia undergraduate pro-Palestinian activist, Jewish judge rules

The Trump administration must stop trying to deport Yunseo Chung, a Columbia University student who participated in pro-Palestinian protests, federal Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald ruled on Tuesday. Chung, 21, is an undergraduate who is a legal permanent resident of the United States. She sued the administration after federal officers visited her dorm room in an […]

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For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation

A Columbia University undergraduate has sued President Donald Trump and members of his administration after federal agents visited her dorm in an effort to arrest and deport her. Yunseo Chung, 21, is at least the third student to file suit against the Trump administration’s efforts to deport non-citizen students who participated in pro-Palestinian protests on […]

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From the far left to the haredi right, these Jews are questioning the ethics of voting for the World Zionist Congress

After running as a candidate last time, Abraham Silberstein will not even be voting in this year’s election for the World Zionist Congress. In 2020, Silberstein had joined a liberal slate from the United States vying for representation in the congress, a unique legislative body that lets Jews from all over the world have a […]

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Pro-Israel watchdog takes credit after Cornell pro-Palestinian activist is told to surrender to ICE

A pro-Palestinian activist at Cornell University has been ordered to report to immigration authorities, in a sign that the Trump administration is planning to deport him. Momodou Taal, a Gambian-British national who was briefly suspended from Cornell over his activism, had preemptively sued to block any effort to deport him, saying that the administration was […]

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They were poster children for Jewish opposition to Donald Trump 8 years ago. Where are they now?

Days after Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Tal Zlotnitsky and his family joined the crowds at Dulles International Airport protesting the new president’s so-called “Muslim ban.” “Our Jewish Family Stands With Muslim Refugees & Muslim Americans,” read one sign the family prepared. Another, held by his son Jacob, declared, “Those refugee kids are just […]

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They were poster children for Jewish opposition to Donald Trump 8 years ago. Where are they now?

Days after Donald Trump was inaugurated in 2017, Tal Zlotnitsky and his family joined the crowds at Dulles International Airport protesting the new president’s so-called “Muslim ban.” “Our Jewish Family Stands With Muslim Refugees & Muslim Americans,” read one sign the family prepared. Another, held by his son Jacob, declared, “Those refugee kids are just […]

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