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Luke Tress

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Trump pins Boulder attack on Biden border policy after suspect named as illegal alien

US president does not mention Israel or antisemitism in statement on firebombing that injured 12; US ambassador to Israel ties incident to coverage...

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Colorado suspect planned attack for a year, wanted to ‘kill all Zionist people’ — FBI

Three severely hurt in firebombing; man held on $10 million dollar bond is set to appear in court Monday afternoon; alleged attacker is an Egyptian...

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Several wounded in firebomb attack on rally for Israeli hostages in Colorado

FBI calls incident in Boulder a ‘targeted terror attack’; footage shows man screaming ‘End Zionists at scene’; comes less than 2 weeks after...

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NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani declared he’s anti-Zionist at 2021 protest, video shows

Clip shows socialist in 2nd place ahead of primary rejecting Jewish sovereignty in Israel, insisting anti-Zionism isn’t antisemitic, amid questions...

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After shooting, US Jewish security leaders urge vigilance amid threat of copycats

Killings in Washington could inspire other attacks, experts warn, as murders bring threat of far-left violence into focus

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Jews in Washington voice their sorrow, fear and anger after deadly shooting

Mourners seeking connection gather at the killing site at capital’s Jewish museum, sing and pray at vigil outside White House

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Washington shooting suspect charged with murder, told police he ‘did it for Gaza’

Elias Rodriguez shot victims in the back at close range, court documents say; FBI investigating his apparent writings and far-left political...

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Two Israeli Embassy staffers killed in shooting attack at Washington, DC, Jewish Museum

Embassy official says victims were a couple about to get engaged; shooter yelled ‘free Palestine’ as he was arrested; Trump:...

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Killings in Washington follow series of attempted terror attacks against US Jews

Murder of Israeli embassy staffers appears to be first instance of deadly terror against Jews in US since 2019, but there have been repeated attempts,...

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Columbia U president backs international students amid protests at commencement

Claire Shipman acknowledges detained anti-Israel protester Mahmoud Khalil, says democratic norms ‘cannot be taken for granted,’ as some...

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New York City mayor announces business council to build economic ties with Israel

Eric Adams and Economy Minister Nir Barkat launch New York City-Israel Economic Council to support Israeli businesses, technological collaboration

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50,000 march in NYC’s annual Israel parade centered on the plight of the hostages

Israel Day on 5th, a significant yearly celebration for the region’s Jewish community, features ex-captives and state’s political...

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Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested for interrupting US Senate hearing to protest Israel

Co-founder of ice cream brand yells during health committee hearing that Congress is ‘killing poor kids in Gaza by buying bombs, and paying for it...

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Former Gaza hostages to march in annual Israel parade in New York City

Israel Day on 5th, a massive show of support for the Jewish state, will take place in the center of Manhattan on Sunday

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NYC mayoral frontrunner Cuomo calls vote a ‘litmus test’ on far-left foes of Israel

Former governor makes combating antisemitism a focus of campaign in visits to synagogues, frames next month’s primary as a choice between the...

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New York City mayor opens new task force aimed at combating antisemitism

Eric Adams cites need for ‘decisive action’ as he announces Office to Combat Antisemitism, 1st of its kind in a major US city, amid upsurge in...

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In Edan Alexander’s New Jersey hometown, crowd celebrates joy of his release

‘We just can’t wait for him to come home’: Hundreds gather in Tenafly to watch news broadcast about local hostage’s release from Hamas captivity...

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Columbia suspends more than 65 students for anti-Israel library takeover

Activists put on interim suspension while university probes raucous demonstration; dozens also barred from campus, including alumni

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New York passes law backed by Jewish groups to crack down on masked crime

Legislation establishes offense of ‘evading arrest by concealment of identity,’ a watered-down version of proposals aimed at combating upsurge in...

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US judge says there’s reason to believe US-based media nonprofit aided Hamas

Lawsuit filed by former hostages makes ‘plausible claim’ that Palestine Chronicle, whose employee held the Israelis captive, aided in their kidnapping

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Upstate NY legal dispute underlines ongoing Hasidic community growing pains

New York attorney general backs federal intervention over allegations that town of Forestburgh blocked Jewish development; town rejects...

08.05.2025 40

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Columbia University anti-Israel activists reignite protests with library takeover

Demonstrators call for an ‘intifada revolution,’ disrupting studies before finals week, as the Ivy league school grapples with pressure from Trump...

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In first, US Jewish security outfit opens boot camp for volunteer synagogue guards

New Community Security Service facility drills trainees in surveillance, intel, threat response and Krav Maga, as Jews build out defense array to...

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Anti-Israel singer Kehlani has NYC concert nixed after pressure from mayor’s office

Parks foundation cites ‘security concerns,’ after city threatens to pull license if singer performs in Central Park; anti-Israel demonstrators...

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Official: Lebanese army has dismantled over 90% of Hezbollah infrastructure near border

Iran-backed terror group has withdrawn north of the Litani River without fight, security official claims, as President Aoun says full deployment...

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Maryland rabbis, local Jews reject Jewish Voice for Peace convention in Baltimore

US Jewish community leaders push back against anti-Zionist group’s annual gathering, saying activists support terror and ‘undermine the very...

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Crown Heights protest dredges up specter of 1991 race riots, but local environment has changed

Rhetoric ahead of Monday’s Brooklyn protest leant into racial tensions, echoing past pogrom in neighborhood, but this time demonstration fizzled

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Long-awaited Harvard antisemitism report shows intense campus hostility to Jews, Israelis

University’s president apologizes as task force urges reforms to admissions, curriculum, research and bias training; ‘being Jewish was largely...

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Tensions boil in Brooklyn after clashes outside synagogue, threats to Jewish community

Anti-Israel activists threaten local community ahead of protest that comes in response to video of Jews pursuing woman down street at scene of...

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Ben Gvir says his views have evolved at NY event that draws protests and disruptions

Far-right national security minister tells receptive audience he’s softened some hard-right views but brings out Israeli demonstrators during rocky...

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Israelis less concerned about made-up news, press freedom than other countries: poll

Pew study finds that public in Israel believes media has appropriate level of freedom, is relatively confident in free expression

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Yale strips recognition from anti-Israel group after Ben Gvir protest encampment

Yalies4Palestine ‘flagrantly violated’ rules, Ivy League school says after protesters filmed blocking Jewish student who tried to walk through...

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Ben Gvir starts US trip with visit to Florida prison, gun store, Israeli supermarket

Far-right national security minister meets Jewish prison inmates and Boca Raton community before heading to northeast for meetings near Yale and in...

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Spoof song becomes surprise Passover hit in US Orthodox communities

‘Yum Yum,’ by the invented online persona Rabbi Greenspan, and its surrealistic, AI-generated video, illustrate the overlooked internet...

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Israeli tech firms in US spared the worst of Trump tariffs, insiders say

Most Israel-founded companies sell software, which is exempt from administration’s levies, but the broader impact affects firms’...

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NY driver who killed Jewish family was going almost 3 times the speed limit, DA says

Miriam Yarimi arraigned for charges including second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide for accident last month

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Leading US Jewish groups denounce Trump administration’s campus crackdown

Representatives of Reform, Conservative and Reconstructionist movements say federal effort ‘only makes us less safe’

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US immigration detains another Columbia University anti-Israel protest leader

Mohsen Mahdawi, from the West Bank, is taken in by federal agents in Vermont, part of Trump administration’s crackdown on non-citizen activists

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Jewish New York City mayor candidate vows to tackle rats

City comptroller Brad Lander takes aim at rat-hating mayor Eric Adams with new anti-rodent campaign plank

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27 US Jewish groups file support for detained anti-Israel Tufts student

Progressive organizations say detention of Rumeysa Ozturk violates ‘the most basic constitutional rights’

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US Jewish history fuels community’s concerns about Trump deportations

Activists, leaders and historians say perceived erosion of civil rights under administration threatens Jews, even if action needed to combat...

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Leading Palestinian-American drops Harvard position after claims he aided Hamas

University’s Kennedy School of Government says lawsuit against Bashar Masri ‘raises serious allegations that should be vetted’

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Fake Hasidic TikTok rabbi sentenced to 135 years for sexually abusing adoptive sons

Hayim Nissim Cohen, born Jeffrey Lujan Vejil, pleads guilty to sexual assault three years after arrest following allegations by one of 9 children

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AP doubted reliability of Hamas-linked reporter years before Oct. 7, documents show

Internal communications released in lawsuit show newsroom was informed of freelancer’s work for pro-terror media in 2018, but continued to employ him

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Tehran demands France explain arrest of Iranian student

Paris mum after Islamic Republic says it has been unable to contact graduate student Mahdieh Esfandiari or find out why she was detained after...

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Leading Palestinian-American businessman aided Hamas, lawsuit claims

Case in US court alleges Bashar Masri used development projects in Gaza to help terror group carry out October 7 invasion of Israel

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Anti-Israel UN investigator keeps her job despite push for removal by US, EU lawmakers

Francesca Albanese, Human Rights Council official with a history of antisemitism, can remain in office until 2028 after complaints against her are...

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NYC education department investigating after office sends out antisemitic toolkit

Newsletter sent out by career services group includes link to ‘Stop Gaza Genocide’ document, prompting outcry from Jewish education advocates

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UN set to reappoint rapporteur with history of antisemitism, anti-Israel vitriol

Francesca Albanese, known for her regular attacks on the Jewish state, is scheduled to have her 3-year appointment renewed Friday amid pushback...

03.04.2025 10

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With Yiddish insult, synagogue speech, NYC mayoral candidates spar over antisemitism

Former governor Andrew Cuomo lashes opponents in address on antisemitism, drawing fierce pushback from Jewish city comptroller Brad Lander

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