New York

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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.

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

The victim is an Israeli student of a local yeshiva who reportedly underwent abdominal surgery after the incident.

Isaiah Rothstein, Orthodox rabbi focused on diversity and inclusion, takes the helm at Greenpoint Shul

Leading his first congregation, the public affairs advisor for Jewish Federations of North America hopes to play “a spiritual, emotional, healing kind of role.”