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Barnard College expels 2 students who disrupted Israel history class with pro-Palestinian protest

Since Oct. 7, this university has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses

IDEAS

We couldn’t save the Bibas boys, but we can still choose life

The Bibas family embodied our hope and despair. Where do we turn when hope is dashed?

Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

German Jews express alarm after J.D. Vance’s comments boost far-right AfD ahead of election

‘Beyond comprehension’: Leaders in Israel, US and worldwide mourn Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas and Oded Lifshitz

ISRAEL

Shiri Bibas’ body returned to Israel; 6 hostages released, last to come home alive under ceasefire’s 1st phase

Netanyahu says Israel is ‘leveling entire streets used by terrorists’ in West Bank after bus explosions near Tel Aviv

Red Cross reportedly receives body that, Hamas says, is Shiri Bibas

Israel grieves as bodies said to be of hostages Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas, Oded Lifshitz return from Gaza

Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’

DeSantis appointee to Florida university board under fire for comments about Jews, women

Marian Turski, Holocaust survivor and co-founder of Warsaw’s landmark Jewish museum, dies at 98

Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, redheaded symbols of Israel’s anguish, were killed while held hostage in Gaza, Israel confirms

2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

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