Luke Tress
By Luke Tress
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Politics Shabbos Kestenbaum, high-profile critic of campus antisemitism, says he’s broken with Democratic Party and will vote for Trump
The Harvard alum addressed the Republican National Convention in July, an experience that, he said at the time, felt “lonely” but that was warmly received by the crowd
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Politics Annual Republican Jewish gathering kicks off with party leaders calling for action against antisemitism
Speakers at the conference repeatedly tied the Biden administration and Kamala Harris to Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack and to antisemitism, particularly on college campuses
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Fast Forward Columbia antisemitism task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jewish and Israeli students
For the first time, the task force also spelled out its own definition of antisemitism
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Fast Forward New School student senate blocks funding to clubs in an effort to demand ‘divestment’ from Israel
The Manhattan university’s administration says it will take responsibility for disbursing student funds to clubs, drawing further protests from campus activists
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Fast Forward 2 pro-Palestinian student groups at NYU, Columbia say Instagram removed their accounts
“Meta has blood on its hands,” the People’s Solidarity Coalition at NYU said in a statement shared on Telegram, referring to Instagram’s parent company
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News Israeli envoy: ‘Pro-terror’ protests should worry all New Yorkers
Ofir Akunis, who became Israel’s consul general in New York in May, said he was “worried for America"
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Books Brooklyn book launch canceled over ‘Zionist’ moderator is rescheduled for next week
The conversation between Jewish journalist Joshua Leifer and Rabbi Andy Bachman will take place Monday in Brooklyn
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News A new Anti-Defamation League archive aims to show how hate and the fight against it have evolved
Archivists are currently sorting through some 13,000 boxes of material that date to the ADL’s founding in 1913. Once the project is complete, it will be available to the public
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