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Judge Jesse Furman, pictured in 2018. (Screenshot)

The judge who blocked Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil’s deportation is an observant Jew

Judge Jesse Furman of the Southern District of New York has adjourned court early for Shabbat.

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Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

A growing number of Jewish groups are condemning Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

President Donald Trump cheered the arrest, and the White House tweeted, “SHALOM, MAHMOUD.”

Eric Adams and other Democrats at a rally in Brooklyn

Where do NYC’s Democratic mayoral candidates stand on Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest?

Of the 10 candidates running, most have condemned the arrest, while others have yet to comment.

Voting opens in election for World Zionist Congress, with future of Israel at stake

These are the 21 slates US Jews can vote for in the World Zionist Congress election

Mahmoud Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia who was arrested by ICE in March 2025, speaking to media. (Screenshot)

ICE arrests Palestinian protest leader at Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions

Kanye West at an Adidas event

Adidas just sold off its final Yeezy shoe. Some of the proceeds are going to fight antisemitism.

Cincinnati rabbi disinvited from rally against Nazis over his support for Israel

Trump administration cancels $400M of grants to Columbia U over campus antisemitism

Anti-Israel protesters became increasingly bellicose after the spring semester ended, with activists at Baruch College and elsewhere expressing open support for terrorism by wearing Hamas headbands and bearing flags and symbols of terror groups, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)

Trump administration to use AI to find Hamas-supporting foreign students to deport

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