New York

‘Shut it down’: Pro-Palestinian protesters target Met Gala, NYPD make arrests

Several protesters were reportedly arrested, by the New York Police Department, while marching through Central Park.

Jewish tennis star Diego Schwartzman announces retirement at 31, ranking 142

Diego Schwartzman, renowned Jewish tennis player, announced his retirement post-Argentina Open 2025. His career highlights, Jewish identity, and impact remembered fondly.

By JUAN MELAMED/JTA
07/05/2024

At least four New York City synagogues receive bomb threats

Bomb threats target New York City synagogues, including LGBTQ-oriented and Reform congregations. Mark Treyger denounces the timing on Holocaust Remembrance Day eve amid rising antisemitism.

By LISA KEYS/JTA
06/05/2024

At a Manhattan synagogue, ‘normie’ pro-Israel liberals stage a last stand

"Normie" evolves from alt-right insult to represent political centrism. Progressive Jews navigate shifting support for Israel amidst generational divides and ideological complexities.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
06/05/2024

NYPD clear schools and restore US flag, decry anti-US, pro-terror content

The NYPD clears campuses amid rising tensions: removal of Palestinian flag sparks controversy and arrests as protests escalate.

Over half of campus protesters arrested by NYPD unaffiliated with the schools

In the statement, Adams said it became "abundantly clear" that individuals unaffiliated with the schools had entered the campuses and, in some cases, trained students in unlawful protest tactics. 

 ELLIS ISLAND and Manhattan as seen from New Jersey.

US gov't mustn't rely on detention as a means of immigration control

Deliberately pitiless: A review of the traumatizing experience of four different immigrants to the US

By GLENN C. ALTSCHULER
02/05/2024

New York City police enter Columbia, arrest over 100 students from anti-Israel encampment

Live television images showed police entering the elite campus in upper Manhattan.

By REUTERS
01/05/2024

'Let my people go!': NYU students tell 'Moses' they don't support Hamas releasing the hostages

Calling the segment "Let My People Go: The Game Show," Zach Sage Fox bestowed plagues on each NYU student protester who said they did not support the release of Israeli hostages.

The 'sandwich generation' of Israel politics - opinion

Old enough to know that Israel was once seen as vulnerable, and young enough to understand that many cannot remember an Israel before Benjamin Netanyahu.

By MITCH GRUBER/JTA
26/04/2024
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