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News ‘Nobody can protect you,’ Columbia dean warns foreign students after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest
Experts had mixed feelings about Jelani Cobb cautioning foriegn students not to publish articles about Gaza or Ukraine
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Fast Forward Judge unseals case of Columbia activist detained by ICE, as legal fight intensifies
Mahmoud Khalil’s attorneys pushed for his release, while Jewish groups are split on the issue
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Opinion I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is right out of their playbook
As a longtime Columbia professor, I am horrified by the Trump administration's deceitful attacks on our campus
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Fast Forward Trump guts Department of Education, slashing office handling antisemitism complaints
Dismantling the department has long been a Republican ambition
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Fast Forward As ICE targets a pro-Palestinian activist, some Jews are asking if this is the fight against antisemitism they signed up for
Leaders who denounced campus antisemitism caution about the use of the issue as justification for President Trump’s broader agenda
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Fast Forward Trump allies target Jewish judge — and his wife — after ruling on Palestinian activist
Judge Jesse Furman halted the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a recent Columbia graduate
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News Meet the Jewish judge who ruled Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil should not be deported by ICE
The Columbia graduate was targeted by the Trump administration as part of its fight against antisemitism on campus
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Fast Forward The judge who blocked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation is an observant Jew
Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York has adjourned court early for Shabbat
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News Jews paused Indiana’s abortion ban — by turning a religious freedom law against the evangelical right
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Opinion An abominable new Israeli law is a death warrant for democracy
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Fast Forward Wisconsin mosque leader detained by ICE in latest case tied to US antisemitism concerns
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