The first time Yehuda Kaploun’s name entered the Congressional Record, it was because a senator named Joe Biden had elevated his concerns about antisemitism. The second time came last week, 32 years later, when President Donald Trump, who preceded and followed Biden in the White House, formally nominated Kaploun to an ambassador-level role tasked with […]
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Organizers of a community garden in Ridgewood, Queens, that required members to oppose Zionism may now lose their city license. Applicants to the Sunset Community Garden were asked to sign a “statement of values” that included opposition to Zionism, antisemitism and “nationalist and/or racist beliefs.” In an April 16 letter, the New York City Parks […]
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A federal judge has ordered that a Georgetown University researcher accused by the Trump administration of “spreading Hamas propaganda and promoting antisemitism on social media” be freed from detention while the government pursues efforts to deport him. Bader Khan Suri, an Indian national, was arrested in March amid the Trump administration’s early crackdown on pro-Palestinian […]
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A militant pro-Israel group’s recommendation appears to have led directly to the arrest of a foreign student activist, according to a recent ruling by a federal judge. The ruling, freeing the student from immigration detention, names Betar US and offers the clearest answer yet to a question that has revolved around the Trump administration’s campus […]
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A man checked out dozens of books on Jewish history and other marginalized topics from a public library in a heavily Jewish Cleveland suburb before filming himself apparently setting fire to them, local authorities said. Local Jewish leaders decried the incident at the Beachwood Public Library, appearing alongside other interfaith leaders at a press conference […]
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About half of American Jews describe President Donald Trump as antisemitic, while only a minority think his campus crackdown is reducing antisemitism, according to a new survey. American Jews are also broadly critical of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and fewer of them say they feel an attachment to Israel than before the current Israel-Hamas […]
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Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael, the Jewish National Fund, will be allocating $100,000 to support New York City’s Israel parade for the first time. The annual parade, known as Israel Day on Fifth, will take place on Sunday with the theme “Hatikvah,” the name of Israel’s national anthem, which means “the hope.” The parade is expected to […]
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Ramona Sarsgaard, daughter of Jewish actress Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard, was reportedly one of the more than 70 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at Columbia University last week. During the protest on May 7, demonstrators occupied the school’s main library for several hours, with some vandalizing it, until Columbia’s acting president, Claire Shipman, authorized the NYPD […]
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The call went out over email, text and WhatsApp on Sunday night: Come to Huyler Park in downtown Tenafly at 5 a.m. to celebrate — Edan Alexander was coming home. Born and raised by Israeli parents in Tenafly, Alexander, 21, joined the Israel Defense Forces after graduating from Tenafly High School. He was taken hostage […]
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency has lifted a freeze on security funding for religious institutions this week, ending a months-long pause that drew alarm from Jewish groups that had advocated for expanded federal security funding. The Nonprofit Security Grant Program provides funding for synagogues, schools and Jewish community centers to pay for security measures to […]
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