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Columbia University is banning the use of face masks by protesters and hiring dozens of police officers as it seeks to win back federal funding cut by the Trump administration to penalize the school for its pro-Palestinian protests. Columbia also says it will review its admissions practices, citing “a recent downturn in both Jewish and […]

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 […]

Five people were arrested in Indianapolis for allegedly breaking into the city’s oldest synagogue building to film a music video. The group was found with video equipment at Beth-El Zedeck Temple after police responded to calls reporting a burglary on Saturday evening, according to the local NBC affiliate, WTHR. Upon arrival, police saw several people […]

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 […]

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 […]

This article has been updated with an additional statement from Yeshiva University.  Yeshiva University has approved a new club for LGBTQ students, reversing a policy that it has spent years defending in court. The school’s announcement on Thursday marks a significant shift for the Modern Orthodox flagship in Manhattan. For years, and particularly during a […]

President Donald Trump counts “Fiddler on the Roof,” the musical about a Jewish family seeking to maintain their traditions in an Old World shtetl plagued by antisemitism, as one of his favorite Broadway shows, he said while visiting the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. this week. Trump’s visit was his first since he dismissed members […]

A venture capital firm co-led by Arielle Zuckerberg has announced a new $181.8 million fund that will back “magically weird” tech startup founders and seek to support “life and creation.” The number — it’s actually $181,818,181.80 —  is no accident. Two of the three main venture capitalists behind the new fund at the firm, called […]

Parents at three more New York City yeshivas are being told to find another school for next year as the State Education Department clamps down on schools flouting requirements for secular education instruction. The schools will lose their legal status and will not receive any public funding for meals, transportation, textbooks orother programs after June […]

When she was 5 years old, Kitty Saks’ home in Vienna was commandeered by the Nazis, leading her family to flee to Brussels, where she was hidden in a convent until the Allies liberated Belgium. Twenty-seven members of her family were killed in the Holocaust. Until a few weeks ago, that story could be read […]