Hochul urges Jewish communal leaders to apply for boosted security grants
(May 10, 2024 / JNS)
New York’s Gov. Kathy Hochul met with rabbis and other Jewish leaders on Wednesday at a roundtable discussion, some of whom grappled with bomb threats over the...
I teach Israel studies at NYU. We are importing the worst of Israel and...
I teach Israel studies at NYU. We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses
The campus protests are often adopting some of the most extreme rhetoric...
House passes bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act by wide margin
ANDREW BERNARD
(May 1, 2024 / JNS)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act by a margin of 320-91 on Wednesday.
The bill, H.R.6090, would require the Department of Education to...
Senate Republicans Call On Democratic Committee Chairs To Demand Answers From Columbia U President...
Senate Republican Leader Rob Ortt, Senator Tom O’Mara, ranking member of the Senate Committee on Investigations and Government Operations, Senator Joseph Griffo, ranking member of the Senate Higher Education Committee and Senator Jack Martins, Chair...
London Shoah memorial covered, guarded during anti-Israel protest
(April 28, 2024 / JNS)
London police on Saturday hid a Holocaust memorial from view and stood guard to protect the monument in the city’s Hyde Park from anti-Israel vandals.
Built...
The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?
The great tent conspiracy theory: Are ‘outside agitators’ supplying protesters’ tents?NYC mayor thinks something’s not kosher with those tents. Others say, ‘You never heard of Amazon?’ By Beth Harpaz,...
Israeli Columbia professor: ‘The worst is yet to come’
DOR MALUL
Minouche Shafik, president of Columbia University, testifies about Jew-hatred on campus before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on April 17, 2024. Credit: House Committee on...
State Senators Call On Governor To Deploy The National Guard & Demand Resignation Of...
Senator Patricia Canzoneri-Fitzpatrick, along with members of the New York State Senate Republican Conference today called on Governor Kathy Hochul to immediately deploy the National Guard to protect Jewish students at Columbia...
OU Responds To Jewish Danger At Columbia University
Statement from The Orthodox Union and the Orthodox Union-Jewish Learning Initiative on Campus
This morning, the following guidance was shared with the students in our JLIC and Yavneh programs by...
NYPD arrests more than 100 anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University
ANDREW BERNARD
(April 18, 2024 / JNS)
Columbia University president Minouche Shafik called on the New York City Police Department to forcibly clear an unauthorized anti-Israel protest encampment on the school’s...