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Congressman’s office vandalized as pro-Palestinian protests reignite across NYC

Democratic politician’s windows defaced with anti-Israel graffiti, including inverted red triangle, a symbol Hamas uses to mark its targets in...

28.09.2024 50

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Republican Jewish confab kicks off in Vegas, focusing on domestic antisemitism spike

Speakers repeatedly link Biden and Harris to Oct. 7 massacre and subsequent fallout for American Jews, mourn the six captives executed by Hamas

06.09.2024 50

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Columbia task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jews and Israelis

University’s Task Force on Antisemitism says students driven out of dorms and campus, ostracized by peers and denigrated by faculty

31.08.2024 40

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New ADL archive aims to show how hate – and the fight against it – have evolved

A multi-year initiative will catalog and digitize files kept since the Anti-Defamation League’s 1913 founding, aiding researchers and showing the...

23.08.2024 50

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‘Humanity will win’: Jewish Olympic wrestling champion Amit Elor condemns antisemitism

After avoiding subject ahead of Paris, Elor posts video sporting yellow hostages pin, while decrying hatred that ‘is still all around us,’ says...

10.08.2024 20

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Pro-Palestinian vandals deface building of Columbia U. administrator, release insects

Anti-Israel activists also smash glass door, put up threatening posters; NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force investigates

10.08.2024 50

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3 Columbia deans quit after exchanging texts deriding campus antisemitism concerns

Resignations come two months after administrators made mocking remarks during panel on hatred at campus, which university president said echoed...

09.08.2024 20

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Neo-Nazi known as ‘Commander Butcher’ charged for plot to poison Jewish kids in NYC

US federal prosecutors accuse Georgian national who heads an extremist group called ‘Maniac Murder Cult’ with conspiring to hand out...

17.07.2024 70

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Orthodox NYPD recruit to be honored with top award at graduation ceremony

Police force recognizes Allan Pearlman, a trained EMT, for his quick actions to treat two fellow trainees suffering serious medical episodes

13.07.2024 10

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US socialist group pulls backing for AOC after she hosts panel on antisemitism

DSA slams lawmaker for ‘deep betrayal’ after it says she ‘conflated anti-Zionism with antisemitism’; Jewish panelist says the...

11.07.2024 20

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Last defendants in Lev Tahor abduction case sentenced to over 10 years in US prison

NY court hands down sentences to three brothers who were convicted for child exploitation and kidnapping on behalf of extremist Jewish cult

11.07.2024 20

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Columbia axes 3 deans for text chain mocking campus antisemitism concerns

Fourth dean in conversation, which took place during panel on issue, acknowledged that remarks ‘may call to mind antisemitic tropes’; one...

08.07.2024 10

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NY Jews unnerved by antisemitism and unruly protests take to krav maga for self-defense

Enrollment at classes for the Israeli martial art has soared as a growing fear of violence post-Oct. 7 pushes students to train and seek community...

08.07.2024 20

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NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city

June total double that of last year as attacks against Jews spiraled after October 7 massacre in Israel, Gaza war

05.07.2024 10

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Columbia deans discuss Jewish student ‘privilege’ and ‘$$$$’ in newly revealed texts

US House panel probing antisemitism at universities publishes exchange between administrators who called Hillel official a ‘problem’...

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Jewish and Black advocacy groups announce support for mask ban at NY demonstrations

At Manhattan press conference, heads of organizations link surging antisemitism since October 7 to past actions of Ku Klux Klan: ‘We can’t let...

29.06.2024 40

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NYPD arrests anti-Israel protester who called to eject ‘Zionists’ from subway car

Anas Saleh charged with attempted coercion after widely circulated footage showed man matching his description shouting, ‘Raise your hand if...

27.06.2024 30

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Wikipedia rebuffs Jewish groups’ call to override editors’ move against ADL

Charitable foundation that operates website says those who requested reversing downgrade of Ant-Defamation League’s reliability don’t...

26.06.2024 20

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Congressman Bowman, who accused Israel of genocide, ousted in closely watched NY primary

Lawmaker attacks AIPAC after defeat, says public should be ‘outraged’ that group spent ‘$20 million to brainwash people’...

26.06.2024 50

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Not just Bowman and Congress: Israel-Hamas war also impacting NYC local races

Progressive candidates standing in Democratic primaries across the city’s 5 boroughs link criticism of Israel to local issues, from police...

25.06.2024 30

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Returning to Israel, couple reflects on pioneering unlikely protest movement in NYC

When Shany Granot-Lubaton and husband Omer arrived for 2-year stay, they hoped to escape Israeli politics. Instead, they founded an anti-overhaul...

23.06.2024 20

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Sanders, Ocasio-Cortez slam AIPAC funding of rival at Bowman rally in NYC

New York’s 16th District Congressman says opponent George Latimer and US-Israel lobby group are ‘destroying our democracy’; war on...

23.06.2024 50

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Columbia suspends 3 administrators who belittled campus Jews’ antisemitism worries

Jewish alum photographed group chat of university officials apparently ridiculing participants of ‘Jewish life on campus’ panel;...

22.06.2024 20

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What is Within Our Lifetime, the group behind NY’s most extreme anti-Israel protests?

The radical organization voices support for the Oct. 7 Hamas atrocities and has posted Jewish targets online encouraging supporters to take...

21.06.2024 10

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Jewish get-out-the-vote effort seeks to unseat Israel critic Jamaal Bowman in NY primary

The June 25 vote reflects a contest between moderate Democrats who support Israel and progressives like the congressman who has cast doubt on reports...

21.06.2024 50

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Manhattan DA moves to dismiss hate crime charges in attack on Israeli student

Prosecutors say the suspect, who was charged for assaulting Columbia student with a stick, has accepted deal for case to be dismissed

11.06.2024 30

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez slams antisemitism on left, but says term ‘weaponized’

In talks about anti-Jewish bigotry in the pro-Palestinian movement, Democratic congresswoman says progressive movement is ‘undermined’...

11.06.2024 20

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Ritchie Torres slams ‘blithering idiots’ behind secret Israeli influence campaign

Lawmaker says ‘brain might be rotting’ of anyone who thinks he needs convincing to support Israel, after NYT report on effort to encourage...

08.06.2024 40

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Baruch College student groups protest Hillel, in rally decried as antisemitic

Adding to growing trend, anti-Israel demonstrators, some wearing pro-terror symbols, accuse Jewish campus group of backing ‘genocide’

07.06.2024 80

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NYPD to up security for Sunday’s Israel Day parade but stresses no known threats

New York City mayor vows force will ‘respond accordingly and rapidly to anyone who thinks that they’re going to disrupt the parade,’...

01.06.2024 60

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Man arrested, charged with hate crimes after driving car at Haredi Jews in Brooklyn

Suspect accused of 10 offenses including attempted murder as hate crime; separately, man indicted for antisemitic slurs at couple who photographed him...

31.05.2024 40

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Despite string of pro-Palestinian statements, CUNY faculty union rejects Israel boycott

Union president actively opposed resolution, which sought to ‘ban all academic trips to the Zionist state,’ cancel all cooperation with...

31.05.2024 50

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At Yeshiva University commencement, John Fetterman disavows his alma mater Harvard

US senator, who has been one of the most vocal pro-Israel Democrats since October 7, takes off red stole to protest Harvard’s ‘inability...

30.05.2024 60

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In poll, 70% of New Yorkers say anti-Israel campus protests ‘went too far’

Clear majorities of respondents say they back peaceful pro-Palestinian demonstrations and ‘an immediate ceasefire,’ but 61% feel the...

23.05.2024 80

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CUNY college scraps Hillel Memorial Day event over anti-Israel protest, security fears

Brooklyn’s Kingsborough Community College cancels gathering after request for more security; Baruch College nixes Independence Day event after...

16.05.2024 40

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Republican senators demand IRS investigate sponsor of Students for Justice in Palestine

Lawmakers suggest that by directing money to organizations that have explicitly voiced support for Hamas, nonprofits are supporting terrorism

14.05.2024 70

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At US retreat, volunteer guards train to protect synagogues in post-Oct. 7 world

‘Don’t stand like a mezuzah at the door’: Demand for instruction rises sharply following Hamas attack; drills adapted to include...

11.05.2024 90

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Police: More than 25% of arrested Columbia protesters not connected to university

NYPD says 60% of those arrested at City College were not students; numbers released after Mayor Eric Adams highlighted role of ‘outside...

03.05.2024 70

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Jewish groups demand Columbia do more to combat antisemitism: ‘The problem is deep’

Founder of legal advocacy group blames campus unrest that culminated in protesters’ storming of building, mass arrests on ‘school’s...

03.05.2024 100

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Threading needle on free speech, Jewish leaders demand Columbia rein in protests

AJC chief says ‘when the debate results in the intimidation and harassment and silencing of one party, there is not free speech for...

27.04.2024 40

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Israeli professor blocked from entering Columbia’s main campus: ‘This is 1938’

University’s COO tells Shai Davidai that he’s barred from area of anti-Israel encampment ‘to maintain safety of the...

23.04.2024 100

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What would New York’s expanded definition of hate crimes mean for Jewish communities?

Gov. Kathy Hochul aims to add 31 offenses to list of potential hate crimes, including arson, but critics say small-scale offenders won’t be...

21.04.2024 30

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Over 100 arrested in Columbia U unrest as NYPD clears ‘Gaza solidarity encampment’

Ivy League school suspends 3 students for their role in anti-Israel activities, including daughter of US Rep. Ilhan Omar, after demonstrators reject...

19.04.2024 100

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US theater charity Broadway Cares donates to Israeli groups after Gaza aid criticism

Move comes after critics said donations to humanitarian groups were beyond scope of charity’s central mission of fighting AIDS and funding...

13.04.2024 20

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Thirteen men plead not guilty for melee over illegal Brooklyn Chabad tunnel

Fight broke out when workers filled in tunnels under Chabad headquarters; All but one of the students involved are Israeli citizens

12.04.2024 40

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Yonkers City Council drops ceasefire resolution opposed by pro- and anti-Israel groups

Advocates from both sides threaten to protest the vote in the large NYC suburb after the council spent months trying to land on language both sides...

10.04.2024 10

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Columbia suspends students for ‘Resistance 101’ event at which speakers praised Hamas

University president says ‘absolutely unacceptable… to promote the use of terror or violence,’ in significant response to...

06.04.2024 50

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Pro-Palestinian protest vote campaign in New York claims victory against Biden

Success of ‘Leave it Blank’ push for Democratic primary hard to judge as official data not released yet, turnout low; vote analysis group...

05.04.2024 20

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New York police report 43 antisemitic incidents in March, reversing downward trend

After brief decline since November, community security chief says protesters increasingly targeting Jewish sites, warm weather bringing targets and...

05.04.2024 100

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The Borscht Belt is burning: In the Catskills, abandoned resorts keep catching fire

Firefighters also work to extinguish rumors that blazes are ‘Jewish lightning,’ an antisemitic term used for arson committed with the...

02.04.2024 10

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