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Eric Adams and other Democrats at a rally in Brooklyn

Where do NYC’s Democratic mayoral candidates stand on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest?

Of the 10 candidates running, most have condemned the arrest, while others have yet to comment.

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

The election allows any American Jew who agrees to Zionist principles to vote for body with influence over Israeli immigration, and land use, and religious freedom.

These are the 21 slates US Jews can vote for in the World Zionist Congress election

There are options by denomination, demographics and outlook on Israel.

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

ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions

Adidas just sold off its final Yeezy shoe. Some of the proceeds are going to fight antisemitism.

Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from rally against Nazis over his support for Israel

Trump administration cancels $400M of grants to Columbia U over campus antisemitism

Anti-Israel protesters became increasingly bellicose after the spring semester ended, with activists at Baruch College and elsewhere expressing open support for terrorism by wearing Hamas headbands and bearing flags and symbols of terror groups, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Trump administration to use AI to find Hamas-supporting foreign students to deport

Trump promised to protect Jews and religious liberty. His refugee ban is keeping out 700 persecuted Iranian Jews.

Barnard clamps down after bomb threat clears pro-Palestinian protest in library

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