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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators at a protest outside Columbia University, in Manhattan, April 18, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Columbia restricts access to campus following ‘reports of potential disruptions’

The Manhattan campus was epicenter of the pro-Palestinian student protest movement last year; the restrictions are a sign that the university is girding more demonstrations in the fall.

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Families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip and Israelis gather for the ritual of Tisha B'Av at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, August 12, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

As Israel’s leaders spar and an Iranian attack looms, Jews see echoes of Tisha B’Av everywhere

“On the day we mark the destruction of the temple, I’m really really worried that soon we’ll mark the destruction of the State of Israel,” one Israeli posted online.

Queenie Hallegua, second-to-last Jewish resident of historic Indian Jewish community, dies at 89

Hallegua and her late husband were the caretakers of Kochi’s 450-year-old synagogue.

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Prominent German cantor and opera singer is killed in what police say was a family dispute

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United States

Murder case dismissed against man charged with killing Detroit synagogue president Samantha Woll

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Sports

For the third time ever, an MLB game featured a Jewish pitcher, catcher and batter at the same moment

Ilan Goldenberg, pictured in 2019. (Screenshot)

Politics

Harris campaign taps Israeli-born former peace negotiator Ilan Goldenberg as liaison to Jewish community

Israel

Canada revokes charitable status from 2 Jewish nonprofits that work in Israel

New York

Man charged with hate crimes in stabbing of Jewish man near Chabad’s Brooklyn headquarters

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Sports

Jewish water polo star Sienna Green wins silver with Australia

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