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Three dozen former leaders of prominent American Jewish organizations have signed a letter calling on the groups they once led to “resist the exploitation of Jewish fears.” The letter, which was published as a full-page ad on Thursday in The New York Times, included signatures from past chairs and CEOs of some of the largest […]

A man who self-identified as a “Jew hater” and attacked Jewish pro-Israel protesters at three separate pro-Palestinian rallies has been charged with three counts of committing hate crimes. Tarek Bazrouk, 20, of New York City, had been arrested at three different protests over a period of nine months where he kicked and punched Jewish pro-Israel […]

Police arrested more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters who crowded and occupied the main library of Columbia University, thrusting the New York City campus back into the center of campus tensions over Gaza. Two Columbia public safety officers were injured in the incident, the school said. The mass arrest, which was authorized by Columbia’s acting president, […]

Rep. Elise Stefanik is perhaps best known for grilling the leaders of three elite universities about campus antisemitism in December 2023, prompting two of them to step down. On Wednesday, she warned the latest set of campus presidents sitting before her that they could meet the same fate. The hearing on Wednesday was the House […]

A pro-Palestinian protest at the University of Washington Monday night caused what school officials said was more than $1 million in damages to a new engineering building. Around 30 protesters affiliated with a group that praised Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel were arrested in connection with the incident, according to local media reports. […]

Shortly after writing, “I abhor hate in all its forms,” the student who posted a video of a sign reading “F– the Jews” sat for an interview with an antisemitic influencer and endorsed the idea of “Jewish supremacy.” Mo Khan, who took the video on Saturday night in a bar owned by Barstool Sports, has […]

Four years ago, when the founders of Ben & Jerry’s took to The New York Times to defend their creamery’s West Bank settlement boycott, the opening of their op-ed read, “We are the founders of Ben & Jerry’s. We are also proud Jews.” For at least one of them, that may have changed. Ben Cohen, […]

A saga unfolded on Dave Portnoy’s social media channels over the last two days as he raged over an antisemitic sign at one of his bars, pledged to send the perpetrators on an all-expenses-paid tour of Auschwitz and then, after a reversal, doxxed one of them and withdrew the offer. The Barstool Sports media mogul, […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel unexpectedly dropped charges against seven pro-Palestinian student protesters, suggesting that an improper statement from a Jewish group motivated her decision. Nessel brought the felony and misdemeanor charges in September against the protesters, who had participated in the University of Michigan’s encampment last May. They stood accused of obstructing police and […]