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Police secure a pro-Israel rally outside Columbia University, October 25, 2023. (Luke Tress)

Jewish students barricade in Cooper Union library as protesters chant ‘Free Palestine,’ on day of protest across NYC campuses

Student groups in New York and nationwide, meanwhile, staged a walkout in support of the Palestinians on Wednesday, and a pro-Israel rally took place at Columbia University.

In 1st vote under Speaker Mike Johnson, House overwhelmingly passes resolution condemning Hamas Oct. 7 massacres

A resolution supporting Israel is the House’s first action after electing a new speaker.

Messages on the side of a building at night

‘Glory to our martyrs’ projected onto building at George Washington University

The messages included “Glory to Our Martyrs” and “Divestment from Zionist Genocide Now.”

Global

Albania has long been a pro-Israel country. Will the Hamas war change that?

Religion

How to conduct a Jewish wedding when Israel is still burying its dead? These rabbis did it.

Global

500 people attend ceremony for Argentine-Israeli Hamas victim

Politics

In Washington, calls for a ceasefire are loud, but not pervasive or, to Biden, persuasive

New York

This Jewish actor plays Richard Dreyfuss in Broadway’s ‘The Shark Is Broken’

Culture

92NY in tumult after canceling Israel-critical author event, as Israel-Hamas war roils arts world

Navi Pillay, pictured in July 2014. (Fatih Erel/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

New York

Leading law conference drops UN Israel investigator after Hamas attack

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