Luke Tress
By Luke Tress
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News What is Within Our Lifetime, the anti-Israel activist group behind the protests at the Nova exhibit and Brooklyn Museum?
The hardline pro-Palestinian group has spent years building up its following with street rallies in New York, and sparking controversies along the way
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Fast Forward Nova music festival exhibition is extended in NY after anti-Israel activists target it for protest
Demonstrators chanted “long live the intifada” in a downtown rally, drawing harsh criticism from city leaders
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Fast Forward Prosecutors move to dismiss hate crimes charges against woman who hit Israeli Columbia student with a stick
The suspect, Maxwell Friedman, who also goes by Malaika, was charged with four counts of assault and other offenses.
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Fast Forward Student groups at Baruch College stage protest against Hillel, adding to growing trend
The rationale for the protest — according to an Instagram flyer that also said “HILLEL STANDS WITH GENOCIDE” — was a recent trip to an Israeli army base that Hillel organized for students
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Fast Forward Rep. Ritchie Torres slams ‘blithering idiots’ behind the secret Israeli influence op that targeted him
The New York lawmaker, a staunch supporter of Israel, called the campaign by Israel’s Diaspora ministry ’embarrassing’ and ‘racist’
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Fast Forward NYPD reports 55 antisemitic incidents in May, highest in six months
The monthly total is more than double the tally for the same period last year, indicating the surge in antisemitism after Oct. 7 has not peaked
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Fast Forward Crown Heights mourns Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, a pivotal figure in Chabad’s global outreach
Thousands of mourners, including emissaries from around the world, packed a Brooklyn street for the funeral procession of a revered community leader
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Fast Forward Former Rep. Mondaire Jones rips Jamaal Bowman over Israel and endorses primary competitor George Latimer
Jones’ endorsement of George Latimer in New York’s 16th Congressional District could also benefit his own campaign in a neighboring area
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Music In 1964, when he was just 23, Bob Dylan wrote the prophetic anthem that encapsulates Trump’s America
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News State Department plan to deport ‘pro-Hamas’ students relies on a 1952 law that targeted Jews
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Fast Forward What does the election of Mark Carney mean for Canadian Jews and Israel?
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News Jewish groups targeted Columbia grad Mahmoud Khalil — then ICE arrested him
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