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‘Insane’ Columbia students paying $90k have to leave MacBooks as protesters chase them out of library

By VITA FELLIG

(JNS.org) – Columbia University has suspended more than 65 students and barred at least 33 others from campus, after dozens of anti-Israel protesters took over the Butler Library reading room on Wednesday and were later arrested by...

Ye debuts ‘Heil Hitler’ music video that includes a sample of a Hitler speech

By ANDREW LAPIN

(JTA) — Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, continued his string of antisemitic provocations on Thursday as he released a new music video for a song called “Heil Hitler.”

“All my n****s Nazis, n***a, heil...

Student who posted sign reading ‘F— the Jews’ doubles down on antisemitic influencer Stew Peters’ podcast

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Shortly after writing, “I abhor hate in all its forms,” the student who posted a video of a sign reading “F– the Jews” sat for an interview with an antisemitic influencer and endorsed the idea...

Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry’s goes on Tucker Carlson and says, ‘I love Jesus Christ’

By BEN SALES

(JTA) — Four years ago, when the founders of Ben & Jerry’s took to The New York Times to defend their creamery’s West Bank settlement boycott, the opening of their op-ed read, “We are the founders of...

No new grants for Harvard, US education secretary says

 (JNS.org) –Harvard University has a tax-free endowment of $53.2 billion, which is larger than the gross domestic product of 100 countries, and it gets billions of taxpayer dollars each year. But instead of using those monies “to advance the...

These New York Jewish arts organizations have been defunded by the Trump administration

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG

(New York Jewish Week) — At least two New York-based Jewish arts organizations have had their federal funding rescinded by the Trump administration.

The Jewish Plays Project, an organization that holds an annual contest to develop new...

Murders of two Israelis in Los Angeles appear unrelated as speculation mounts

By ASAF ELIA-SHALEV

(JTA) — When news broke that two Israeli nationals were found murdered on the same day in Los Angeles this week, a string of social media accounts posted nearly identical messages warning, “They are literally HUNTING down...

Progressive Jewish groups oppose Antisemitism Awareness Act ahead of Senate vote

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — As the Antisemitism Awareness Act heads to a Senate committee for a crucial vote, 10 progressive Jewish organizations have signed a letter opposing the legislation for representing an endorsement of the Trump administration’s “efforts to...

Facing police investigation, Irish band Kneecap denies supporting Hamas, Hezbollah

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — The Irish rap group Kneecap denounced Hamas and Hezbollah after Micheál Martin, the Irish prime minister, called on them to “urgently clarify” their stances.

The group is from Belfast, the capital of Northern Ireland in...

The invitation said, ‘No Jews’ The response from campus officials, at least, was real.

By GRACE GILSON

(JTA) — Jewish leaders in Savannah, Georgia, snapped into action Friday after seeing a social media post with a flyer for a party that included an apparently antisemitic message.

The flyer purported to invite students at the...