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A seated older woman leans forward to speak into a microphone
Posted inU.S.

Trump guts Department of Education, slashing office handling antisemitism complaints

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer March 12, 2025March 12, 2025
A demonstrator holds a sign calling for the release of Mahmoud Khalil during a protest against the arrest of the Columbia University pro-Palestinian activist at UC Berkeley, March 11, 2025. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inBay Area

Hundreds rally at UC Berkeley in support of detained Columbia activist

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
A middle aged white man in a suit sits speaking into a microphone
Posted inU.S.

Trump allies target Jewish judge — and his wife — after ruling on Palestinian activist

Benyamin Cohen by Benyamin Cohen March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

A growing number of Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Rabbi Denise Eger (center) reads Torah during her March 16, 2015 installation as president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis. (Photo/JTA-David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inU.S.

Pro-Israel LGBTQ group A Wider Bridge names new leadership after previous director charged with sexual misconduct

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Humboldt protest
Posted inNorthern California

Cal Poly Humboldt, site of rancorous protests last year, faces federal complaint

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman and Emma Goss March 10, 2025May 6, 2025
A 2017 event in Jerusalem commemorating the 120th anniversary of the first World Zionist Congress. (Wikimedia)
Posted inU.S.

These are the 21 slates U.S. Jews can vote for in the 2025 World Zionist Congress election

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seen before a portrait of Theodor Herzl, known as the "Visionary of the Jewish State" and the founder of modern Zionism in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018. (Abir Sultan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inWorld

Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)
Posted inU.S.

ICE detains Palestinian protest leader with green card at Columbia

Ben Sales by Ben Sales March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
During a talk at Congregation Emanuel-El in San Francisco on March 5, Israeli law professor Ruth Halperin-Kaddari discusses the efforts to establish the facts about the sexual assaults on Oct. 7, 2023. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inIsrael

Israeli legal expert keeps working to give a voice to Oct. 7 rape victims

Niva Ashkenazi (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Niva Ashkenazi March 7, 2025March 10, 2025

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