Luke Tress
By Luke Tress
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Fast Forward NYPD reports 31 antisemitic incidents in January as surge continues four months after Oct. 7
There have been 193 antisemitic incidents reported to police since Oct. 1, nearly double the 100 incidents reported during the same four-month period last year
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Fast Forward Thousands of activists gather outside Columbia U to protest treatment of campus pro-Palestinian groups
The rally on Friday was led by Within Our Lifetime, the prominent pro-Palestinian activist group in New York City that endorsed Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack
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Fast Forward NJ man faces life in prison after pleading guilty to 2022 spree of violent antisemitic attacks
In April 2022, Dion Marsh perpetrated a series of attacks against Orthodox Jews in and around Lakewood, a central New Jersey city and hub of Orthodox Jewish life
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News This under-the-radar Westchester charity manages funding for hardline pro-Palestinian groups
Under Jewish board chair Howard Horowitz, an organization known as Wespac serves as fiscal sponsor to Within Our Lifetime, Students for Justice in Palestine and more
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Fast Forward Two stores at Scarsdale shopping mall hit with anti-Israel graffiti
The phrase “Genocide supporters” was scrawled on two businesses. At least one had a “We stand with Israel” sign in the window.
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Fast Forward NY state voters split on aid to Israel, poll finds, in shift from November
A Siena College survey found that 45% of the state’s voters are opposed to providing further military or economic aid to Israel, while 43% support it, with the remainder either on the fence or declining to answer
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Fast Forward UN chief to sit out Park East Synagogue Holocaust event for first time in 10 years
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the Saturday service should be centered on survivors, as well as the “pain” of the Jewish community
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Fast Forward Pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia claim to be hit by ‘chemical weapon’ as they call for intifada
Friday’s protest came after Columbia extended the suspension of two leading pro-Palestinian student groups
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