Luke Tress

Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a coalition of student groups that took a leading role in the encampment protest last spring, was removed from the platform for using an image of a figure holding a Molotov cocktail to promote a protest.

Street protests, masking laws, yeshiva education and Israel could come to the fore in the run-up to the June 2025 primary.

Perin Jacobchuk, 34, was sentenced to three-and-a-half years for assaulting a 64-year-old Jewish man after making antisemitic comments, including “kill the Jews,” and “Kanye 2024.”

Matthew Mahrer pleaded guilty to firearms charges. His supporters say he should be given an alternative sentence instead of prison time.

Today, 5:19 pm Columbia University's alliance of anti-Israel activist groups is reinstated to Instagram after being suspended from the platform earlier this week.

Today, 7:45 pm A Jewish Columbia University student who says he was assaulted at an anti-Israel protest next to the campus on Monday says the NYPD is investigating the case and calls on the university to take action.

National Association of Independent Schools expresses ‘profound remorse' for event that called Israel racist and genocidal Today, 9:53 pm

Today, 3:43 am NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams declares himself a “modern day Maccabbee” during a Hanukkah event held at New York City's official mayoral residence.

Today, 5:51 pm The head of a US Jewish security group urges the community to “refresh and recommit to their security protocols” for the Hanukkah holiday.

Today, 7:08 pm A coalition of Jewish groups and allies in New York announces a statewide ad campaign to build support for legislation that would ban masking in some circumstances.