Ben Sales
Students protest against the war in Gaza and in support of Israel on the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel at Columbia University in New York, New York, on Monday, October 7, 2024. (Photographer: Victor J. Blue for The Washington Post via Getty Images)
April 10, 2025, 10:01 am
Most Americans don’t want the US to conquer Gaza, Pew survey finds
The only U.S. religious group to demonstrate confidence in Netanyahu is white evangelical Protestants, according to the survey.
By Ben Sales
Head coach Todd Golden of the Florida Gators looks on during the first half of a game against the Auburn Tigers, Feb. 10, 2024, in Gainesville, Florida. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)
April 8, 2025, 10:13 am
Florida’s Todd Golden becomes first Jewish coach to win March Madness since 1988
Golden, 39, is also the youngest coach to win it all since the tournament expanded into its current structure in 1985.
By Ben Sales
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - MARCH 29: Head coach Jon Scheyer of the Duke Blue Devils celebrates after cutting the net following a victory against the Alabama Crimson Tide in the Elite Eight round of the men’s NCAA basketball tournament at Prudential Center on March 29, 2025 in Newark, New Jersey. (Lance King/Getty Images)
March 31, 2025, 12:04 pm
The NCAA men’s Final Four has 3 Jewish coaches
Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer and Todd Golden will all compete for the March Madness championship.
By Ben Sales
Yarden Bibas appears on 60 Minutes on March 30, 2025. (Screenshot)
March 31, 2025, 9:30 am
Yarden Bibas says ‘I am here because of Trump’ and pleads with him to stop the Gaza war
Bibas said his Hamas captors told him, ‘You’ll get a new wife, new kids. Better wife, better kids.”
By Ben Sales
Katrinsa Armstrong, pictured in 2022. (Screenshot)
March 29, 2025, 9:16 pm
Katrina Armstrong steps down as Columbia president after White House pressure over antisemitism
Armstrong's departure means the Ivy League university in Manhattan will have its third leader in the space of a year.
By Ben Sales
New York Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik displays the Anti-Defamation League's "F" campus report card grade for Northwestern as the presidents of that school, Rutgers, and UCLA testify before the committee in the Rayburn House Office Building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC, United States on May 23, 2024. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images)
March 28, 2025, 12:27 pm
Trump nixes pro-Israel darling Elise Stefanik’s nomination to be UN ambassador
Trump cited the Republicans’ razor-thin majority in Congress, where Stefanik has served in the party leadership.
By Ben Sales
Rabbi Ari Berman, president of Yeshiva University, speaks during an event in August 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
March 27, 2025, 11:39 am
After announcing LGBTQ club, Yeshiva U president says Pride values ‘antithetical’ to the school
In an email to students, Rabbi Ari Berman rejected the idea that Y.U. had reversed its prohibition on the club.
By Ben Sales
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a Senate Armed Services confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on January 14, 2025 in Washington, DC. Hegseth, an Army veteran and the former host of "FOX & Friends Weekend" on FOX News will be the first of the incoming Trump administration's nominees to face questions from Senators. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
March 25, 2025, 8:11 am
Pete Hegseth wanted to strike Houthis before Israel could, according to texts leaked to the Atlantic
Jeffery Goldberg was “inadvertently” added to a group text with J.D. Vance, Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth.
By Ben Sales
Bruce Pearl celebrates with his team after defeating the Alabama Crimson Tide at Auburn Arena, Feb. 1, 2022. (Michael Chang/Getty Images)
March 24, 2025, 11:59 am
Bruce Pearl opens NCAA postgame press conference by calling to ‘bring the hostages home’
All three No. 1 seeds that are coached by Jews in the NCAA men’s tournament are headed to the Sweet Sixteen.
By Ben Sales
Israeli security forces at the scene of a terror attack near Yokneam, March 24, 2025. (David Cohen/Flash90)
March 24, 2025, 10:23 am
Israeli man, 85, killed in terror attack at bus stop
The terror attack was the first since fighting restarted in Gaza following a two-month ceasefire.
By Ben Sales
A pedestrian on the campus of Yeshiva University in New York City on Aug. 30, 2022. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
March 21, 2025, 2:33 pm
Yeshiva University recognizes LGBTQ student club, reversing a longtime ban
The announcement marks a significant shift for the Modern Orthodox flagship university in Manhattan.
By Ben Sales
New York Bagel Bakery in Philadelphia has served kosher-keeping customers for decades. Its longtime owner was recently accused of antisemitism, a charge he denies. (Screenshot from Google Maps)
March 19, 2025, 5:37 pm
A Palestinian man in Philadelphia served kosher bagels for decades. Then customers found his Facebook profile.
Jews in Lower Merion have called for the local bagel store to lose its kosher certification because its proprietor supported Oct. 7. He says those allegations are false.
By Ben Sales
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
March 19, 2025, 10:00 am
In jailhouse letter, Mahmoud Khalil urges renewed student pro-Palestinian protests
The protest leader from Columbia University says he is a “political prisoner” since being arrested by ICE last week.
By Ben Sales
L-R: Bruce Pearl, Jon Scheyer, Lindsay Gottlieb and Todd Golden (Getty Images; Scheyer image courtesy of Rabbi Nossen Fellig)
March 17, 2025, 9:59 am
Jewish coaches lead 4 of 8 top seeds in the NCAA’s March Madness tournaments
The men’s basketball teams at Duke, Auburn and Florida all have Jewish coaches, as does USC’s women’s team.
By Ben Sales
Demonstrators gather outside the Federal Courthouse in New York City to show support for Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil and to demand his release from ICE detention on March 12, 2025. (Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images)
March 13, 2025, 3:05 pm
Debate over Khalil’s deportation sparks tensions as lawmakers clash on free speech
Lawyers for the government are seeking to move the case out of New York, while White House officials are arguing that the Columbia activist poses a national security threat.
By Ben Sales
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