Philissa Cramer
By Philissa Cramer
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Fast Forward Cory Booker proclaims, ‘Hineni’ — I am here — 19 hours into anti-Trump Senate speech
Booker donned a hostage pin and mentioned Edan Alexander, the Israeli-American soldier from New Jersey who is a captive in Gaza
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Fast Forward Cornell’s new Jewish president says he is ‘very comfortable with where Cornell is currently’
Mike Kotlikoff’s appointment comes as universities face unprecedented pressure over their handling of pro-Palestinian protests on campus
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Fast Forward Anti-Hamas protesters march in Gaza, in rare and risky show of dissent
The demonstrations were a rare and risky public display of dissent against Hamas
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Fast Forward 200,000 tourists a month are visiting the Nova massacre site in southern Israel
The site where more than 360 people were killed on Oct. 7 is now one of the most-visited destinations in Israel
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Fast Forward Kitty Dukakis, dead at 88, was the first Jewish spouse of a US presidential candidate
Dukakis took flak for her intermarriage, which she said made her more connected to her Jewish identity
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Fast Forward For the first time, an undergraduate pro-Palestinian protester is facing deportation
Yunseo Chung, 21, is a junior at Columbia University who has lived in the United States for 14 years
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Fast Forward Columbia bans face masks in protests and acquiesces to other Trump administration demands
The changes are a bid to regain federal funding cut to penalize the school for its pro-Palestinian protests
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Fast Forward Pro-Israel watchdog takes credit after Cornell pro-Palestinian activist is told to surrender to ICE
Fearing arrest, Momodou Taal had preemptively sued the Trump administration
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