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President Trump posted a message on Truth Social that put social media and college campuses, including Columbia University, on high alert, March 4, 2025. (Truth Social)
March 12, 2025, 3:26 pm
As ICE targets Palestinian activist, some Jews ask if this is the fight they signed up for
Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump’s broader agenda.
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A bagel store in Durham, North Carolina, found itself in hot water after backing out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. (Getty Images)
March 12, 2025, 3:18 pm
A bagel shop backed out of a Jewish food festival over Israel. Then regret set in.
Isaac’s Bagels in Durham, North Carolina, was the epicenter of a dramatic series of events ending with reconciliation.
By Philissa Cramer
Kingsley WIlson was recently appointed as deputy press secretary at the Pentagon. (X)
March 5, 2025, 1:40 pm
Pentagon official posted neo-Nazi talking point about Jewish lynching victim Leo Frank last year
The Frank post is one of several times Kingsley Wilson’s tweets have used the same language as antisemitic conspiracy theories.
By Ben Sales
US President Donald Trump speaks to journalists in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025. (Jim WATSON / POOL / AFP)
March 4, 2025, 6:00 pm
Trump threatens to pull funding from campuses that allow ‘illegal protests’
The threat came after his administration said it was considering stopping more than $50 million in federal contracts with Columbia University over its “ongoing inaction in the face of relentless harassment of Jewish students.”
By Ben Sales
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, Feb. 23, 2021. (Amos Ben-Gershom/Israel Government Press Office)
February 26, 2025, 8:37 am
Just 33% of Democrats have a favorable view of Israel, Gallup poll finds
83% of Republicans view Israel favorably — an unprecedented partisan gap of 50 points.
By Ben Sales
Hebrew Pentateuch (from 900-1188) written in typical Hebrew oriental book hand. (Stock image)
February 13, 2025, 11:38 am
A grant to study Hebrew is ‘woke DEI,’ Ted Cruz says
The senator’s attack on the National Science Foundation included seven grants intended to boost US-Israeli research partnerships.
By Andrew Lapin
Activists hold a banner during a pro-refugee demonstration organized by HIAS outside the U.S. Capitol, Sept. 14, 2017. (Aaron P. Bernstein/Getty Images)
February 11, 2025, 9:29 am
HIAS sues Donald Trump over refugee freeze
The lawsuit is a return to the refugee aid group’s playbook during Trump’s first term.
By Ben Sales
Julie Paris speaks at a Feb. 3 public hearing in favor of City Council's anti-BDS referendums. (Photo by David Rullo)
February 7, 2025, 12:44 pm
Mayor Gainey signs one anti-BDS referendum question
Allows the other to be added to May ballot without signature
By David Rullo
Students enjoy dinner and discussion at Inside Israel. (Photo courtesy of Asher Goodwin)
February 6, 2025, 9:12 pm
Inside Israel offers fresh approach to educating students on Israel and international affairs
'You can't ever come to a full conclusion without hearing the other side. Essentially, it's as simple as that'
By Adam Reinherz
The pro-Palestinian encampment on the lawn in front of Columbia University's Butler Library, April 24, 2024. (ProudFarmerScholar, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)
February 4, 2025, 10:11 am
One point of consistency amid Trump’s rapid changes: a drumbeat of campus antisemitism investigations
His Department of Education highlighted five targets as part of a larger government task force on antisemitism.
By Andrew Lapin
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House, Jan. 28, 2025. (Photo by Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images via JNS)
January 29, 2025, 10:36 am
White House freezes $50m for ‘condoms in Gaza’
“That is a preposterous waste of taxpayer money,” Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said.
By Andrew Bernard
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and President Donald Trump participate in the signing ceremony of the Abraham Accords on the South Lawn of the White House, Sept. 15, 2020. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
January 28, 2025, 7:06 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu says he will meet Donald Trump at the White House on Feb. 4
The visit will make the Israeli prime minister the first foreign leader to be invited to Trump’s residence since he took office last week.
By Ben Sales
U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Pixabay)
January 28, 2025, 7:00 pm
Senate Dems block bill to impose sanctions on International Criminal Court
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he opposed “the ICC’s deep bias against Israel” but that the legislation was “poorly drafted and deeply problematic.”
By Andrew Bernard
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018. (Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images)
January 28, 2025, 8:37 am
Dozens of Jewish groups protest Trump’s plans for mass deportation
Signatories to the open letter include leading Reform and Conservative Jewish organizations.
By Ben Sales
David McCormick (pointing) and wife Dina Powell McCormick visit Kfar Azza, one of the sites of Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre, in early January 2024. (Courtesy photo via JNS)
January 22, 2025, 11:40 am
Dave McCormick tapped to chair key Middle East subcommittee
"I see this as a great opportunity to strengthen the U.S.-Israel alliance, expand the Abraham Accords, grow U.S.-India cooperation, and delve deeply into regional energy, economic, and security issues."
By Toby Tabachnick
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