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Reporter for @nyjewishweek and @jtanews . Former editor and reporter @timesofisrael
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Columbia has deactivated Shai Davidai’s ID, he is blocked from campus
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“We have Zionists who have entered the camp” — Columbia students eject Jews from the quad
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“What happened today with the firing of the defense minister was the straw that broke a lot of peoples backs and made a lot of people understand that our country is in real danger,” Zamir tells the crowd
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Protesters in Manhattan chant N*zi scum” at people attending a comedy show raising funds for Oct. 7 victims suffering from PTSD, hand out flyers saying there are no Israeli civilians, threatening “Zionists”
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After backlash, NYC pro-Palestinian protesters double down on targeting Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer hospital
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Scoop: UN rapporteur into Palestinian Territories said the Jewish lobby controls the US during 2014 Israel-Gaza war and that Israel started conflict out of greed. She says she made mistakes. Another UN Israel investigator made similar comments this year
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Shameful for
@intjudofed
- Israel flag and anthem outlawed at tournament, champion Tal Flicker sings Hatikva anyway
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Israelis protest against the judicial overhaul outside the Tikva Fund’s office in Manhattan
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‘The nation of Israel is not afraid,’ outside the pro-Israel vigil in New York tonight
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NY landmarks will be lit blue and white in solidarity with Israel
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New York Times comment on rehiring freelancer to cover Israel-Hamas war after finding out he made pro-Hitler statements — “We reviewed problematic social media posts by Mr. Hijjy when they first came to light in 2022 and took a variety of actions to ensure he understood
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Tel Aviv stands still for the millions murdered in the Holocaust
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Israeli demonstrators opposed to the government's judicial overhaul march across the Brooklyn Bridge to express support for the protest movement in Israel (credit: UnXeptable)
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Protesters greet Asaf Zamir after he quits his position as Israeli consul in New York at a rally outside the consulate
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British media have picked up the Hayim Cohen/Jeffrey Vejil story and seem to be deliberately omitting the fact that he's not actually Jewish
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Manhattan DA announces hate crimes indictment for an attack on an Israeli in Times Square on Oct. 18. Defendant Yehia Amin allegedly told the victim “Hamas should kill more of you” and “all Jews should die” before striking him
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“All ‘Israelis’ are settlers… may we teach them a lesson they won’t soon forget. Long live the resistance.”
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New: Department of Education opens investigation into alleged antisemitism at SUNY New Paltz after two Jewish students were kicked out of a sexual assault support group and harassed, according to Brandeis Center and Jewish on Campus
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Upstate New York Jewish cemeteries vandalized
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The show is raising money to bring terror victims on a humanitarian trip to deliver aid to marginalized groups in Africa
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Pro-terror group Within our Lifetime tells its 120,000 followers to target Jewish and Israeli nonprofits in New York, puts out a map showing their office locations, including for the consulate, Central Fund of Israel. Post calls the groups “the enemy” with “blood on their hands”
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Governor Hochul orders third-party review of CUNY antisemitism policies as part of push against hate crimes
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NYPD reports an average of an anti-Jewish attack every 16 hours last month
via
@timesofisrael
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Career news: I'm starting this week as a reporter for
@JTAnews
and the
@NYJewishWeek
. I'm deeply grateful to my colleagues at
@TimesofIsrael
, my home for the past nine years, and excited for this new chapter
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JCRC leader Gideon Taylor, asked about Rothman seizing a protesters megaphone and demands he be disinvited, says “We believe the protesters have a right to protest, that’s an important part of democracy.”
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Yeshiva University suspends all clubs, which students pay for, as it tries to block its Pride club
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our concerns and could adhere to our standards if he wished to do freelance work for us in the future. Mr. Hijjy followed those steps and has maintained high journalistic standards. He has delivered important and impartial work at great personal risk in Gaza during this conflict”
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The view from the ground - Haifa residents document the fire on social media
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NY Governor Hochul will deliver a statement in support of Israel tonight at 7 p.m. at a community rally; NYC Mayor Adams will hold a vigil at 6 p.m.
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Columbia suspended SJP and JVP through the end of the fall term, which ends next month, for holding unauthorized protests. It's a different decision, and seems a lot less significant, than Brandeis de-recognizing its chapter of SJP for supporting terrorism
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New York City hits 100 anti-Jewish hate crimes since the start of the year, with 23 last month, according to NYPD data. The figure amounts to an antisemitic crime every 37 hours. Security groups say many more go unreported
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Second gentleman, special envoy Lipstadt, US ambassador call for broader approach to tackling Jew-hatred, condemn celebrity prejudice at special UN session in New York
via
@timesofisrael
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Ukraine-born Jewish NY councilwoman: Everyone should step up; supplies on the way via
@timesofisrael
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Congress members urge removal of UN official for antisemitism exposed by ToI via
@timesofisrael
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Anti-overhaul protesters welcome Likud’s Nir Barkat at 6 a.m. as he arrives in New York for the Celebrate Israel Parade on Sunday. Photo courtesy UnXeptable protest group
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Our coverage is here
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Washington Post under fire for repeated anti-Israel bias, systemic sloppiness in Middle East coverage
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Netanyahu condemns Berlin attack, calls for united front against terror
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‘We want to live together’: Arab minister calls for unity in face of terror attacks via
@timesofisrael
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New: The past two CUNY Law graduation speakers addressed a 2022 rally before participants committed a federal antisemitic hate crime via
@timesofisrael
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Noa Kirel gets emotional singing “Hatikvah” as the Nets play Maccabi Ra’anana in New York
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Student group at Drew University defends Hamas kidnapping, essentially says there are no Israeli civilians, calls hostage posters “Zionist propaganda” and demands their removal and an apology from the administration
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Daily Mail has done six stories on the case in the past two days, and the Mirror also omitted that he's not Jewish
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Protesters against the Israeli judicial overhaul and Netanyahu government chant “you came down on the wrong generation,” a refrain from the protests in Israel, outside the Israeli consulate in New York City
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Hundreds protest outside the UN for its neglect of war crimes against Israeli women
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UN human rights official says Israel doesn’t have a right to self defense against Palestinians, after three civilians killed in terror attacks and dozens of rockets fired at Israeli cities
The loss of life in the oPt & Israel is devastating, especially at a time that should be of peace for all, Christians, Jews, Muslims. Israel has a right to defend itself, but can't claim it when it comes to the people it oppresses/whose lands it colonizes.
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@SglNewYork
@brandeiscenter
@Dawnsfire
@TimesofIsrael
CUNY's Brooklyn College is being investigated in a similar case
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Ameinu including members of protest group UnXeptable prepare to march
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@CBSNewYork
This report minimizes the vandalism by only mentioning the slogans “free Palestine” and “let Gaza live,” while dismissing the more threatening “blood on your hands” graffiti as “other messages”
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Defense Minister Liberman resigns, says Israel ‘capitulated to terror’ in Gaza
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@yashar
@ShaiDavidai
Please credit me and
@NYJewishWeek
for this video. I did not give any permission to use it
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Protesters are removed from conference with Israeli government ministers in NYC
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Israelis and US Jews hold anti-overhaul protest marking Tisha B’Av outside Israeli consulate in New York
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Swastika was graffitied in a bathroom of Columbia University's graduate School of International and Public Affairs, dean says
The incident comes after an Israeli was attacked on campus earlier this month in an alleged hate crime
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National Lawyers Guild on Oct. 8 - this is a “historic moment,” we emphasize “the legitimacy of the right of the Palestinian people to resist… by all available means.”
From the
@ColumbiaLaw
chapter of the
@NLGnews
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"To the Jewish students, faculty, and trustees blocking divestment and urging the violent crackdowns on campus: you threaten everyone’s safety."
"No Jew is safe until everyone is safe, and no Jew is free until Palestine is free."
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Hillary Clinton meets with hostage families, encourages them to keep up the pressure, says she's aware of efforts toward a "Christmas deal" that may bring some of the captives home. Credit: Roi Boshi/Hostages and Missing Families Forum in New York
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NYPD reports 69 antisemitic hate crimes last month, more than half of all hate crimes in the city and a 214% increase over last October. Total antisemitic hate crimes for the year is 232, or an incident every 31 hours
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Hallel Ariel, ‘princess in white,’ mourned in Hebron funeral
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Organizers estimate 12,000 attended tonight’s rally next to Central Park in support of Israel and Hamas hostages
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Iran targets the Baha'i community, its largest minority, arresting dozens, demolishing houses, closing businesses, confiscating property, accusing some of spying for Israel via
@timesofisrael
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Columbia: Hostage activists, students put up images of the 133 Israeli hostages in Gaza next to the protest encampment. Credit: Hostages and Missing Families Forum
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“Lemme call my grandma and make sure she can make it to Boston”
@Cowboycerrone
#mma
http://t.co/S5W5bvXKEY
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IDF releases footage of overnight airstrikes against Hamas in Gaza
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NY Jewish social services organization accused of papering over sexual assault suit via
@timesofisrael
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Critics say coverage misrepresented data, obfuscated sources’ biases to criticize Hasidic school system; advocacy group defends reporting as shining light on ‘critical issue’
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@mwecker
@mottiseligson
looks like it's in one of the photo captions but not the story itself, so they know about it and left it out of the text. 2nd graf says they lived an "Orthodox Jewish life"
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Some of the chants today outside Columbia: “There is only one solution, intifada revolution”
“We don’t want no Zionists here”
“We don’t want no two states, we want all of it”
“From the river to the sea, Palestine will be Arab”
“Yemen Yemen make us proud, turn another ship around”
Hundreds call for an intifada at charged protest outside Columbia. Tons of police here, campus gates are locked
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Columbia pro-Palestinian activists from banned student groups cancel a protest for today, after the university suspended and kicked off campus four students from the groups for holding a pro-Hamas event
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Over 3,000 demonstrators at Central Park rally marking 150 days since hostages were taken to Gaza
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Leading activist in New York posts support for a designated terrorist group
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Pro-LGBT protest going on outside rabbanut office in Jerusalem
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Statement from Jewish Federation of Los Angeles on the killing of an elderly Jewish man at a pro-Palestinian protest
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Scene of Halamish home where Palestinian terrorist stabbed three Israelis to death tonight
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At least two swastikas at this protest
Scuffles on the sidelines of the anti-Israel rally tonight in NYC
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