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Luke Tress (JTA)

Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn
December 11, 2024, 11:25 am
Man sentenced to prison for antisemitic attack in New York in 2022
Perin Jacobchuk was sentenced to three-and-a-half years for attacking Jewish man in Central Park
By Luke Tress (JTA)
New York police car (Wikipeda/Julius Schorzman (Quasipalm))
November 20, 2024, 8:25 pm
Man who attempted terror attack on Jewish New Yorkers sentenced to 10 years in jail
In a separate case, a man suspected of harassing ‘Zionists’ on a subway during a protest in June had some of his charges dismissed.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Donald J. Trump speaks at the CPAC Washington, DC conference at Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, March 4, 2023. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)
November 18, 2024, 8:12 pm
SPECIAL REPORT: Who are the Jews in Trump’s inner circle?
Jared, Ivanka, Howard Lutnick, Will Scharf and other Jews will could shape Trump’s second stint in the White House.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Yechiel Leiter,
November 11, 2024, 11:14 am
Fromer settler leader who lost a son in Gaza to serve as Israel’s next US ambassador
Netanyahu calls the West Bank resident a “highly capable diplomat"
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Hezbollah rockets sparking fires in northern Israel. Courtesy: Army Radio Israel/X
November 1, 2024, 12:20 pm
Hezbollah strikes kill 7 in northern Israel as ceasefire talks advance
Thursday was one of the deadliest days for the country since the start of its multi-front war last year.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Ofir Akunis. Credit: GPO
August 29, 2024, 11:13 am
Israeli envoy: ‘Pro-terror’ protests should worry all New Yorkers
Since arriving, Ofir Akunis has advocated against the protesters he sees as a danger to Americans.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Protesters outside Columbia University, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 9, 2024, 9:07 am
Columbia removes 3 deans over text exchange deriding concerns of campus antisemitism
A fourth dean who was involved in one of the text exchanges apologised and likewise acknowledged that the conversations “call to mind antisemitic tropes.”
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Police at a Jewish community event in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, June 5, 2024. (Luke Tress)
July 8, 2024, 9:24 am
NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city
Hate incidents against Jews spiked after the Oct. 7 invasion of Israel, with 69 in October and 62 in November. 
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Reim, site of Nova music festival massacre on 7 October 2023.
June 12, 2024, 1:11 pm
Nova music festival exhibition extended in NY after anti-Israel yobs target it for protest
The exhibit is an interactive display which aims to recreate the visuals and sounds of the massacre
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Israeli professor Shai Davidai outside Columbia University, April 22, 2024. (Luke Tress)
April 23, 2024, 10:09 am
Israeli professor barred from entering Columbia University campus
Shai Davidai tried enter the university’s main campus to hold a “peaceful sit in” in the area of pro-Palestinian demonstrators who have occupied the campus lawn since last week.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
March 15, 2024, 10:29 am
US Senate majority leader calls for new elections in Israel, says Netanyahu has ‘lost his way’
“As a lifelong supporter of Israel, it has become clear to me the Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel after Oct. 7,” Schumer said.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Rabbi Abraham Cooper, director of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, is seen here during a visit to Tokyo in January 2023. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)
March 12, 2024, 9:28 am
US religious freedom commission leaves Saudi Arabia after rabbi co-chair is told to remove his kippah
Cooper, an Orthodox rabbi and the director of global social action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center advocacy group, “politely” refused the request with the backing of U.S. embassy
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Students walk by the Harvard Yard gate in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sep. 16, 2021. (David L. Ryan)
February 19, 2024, 9:26 am
Congressional committee issues subpoenas to Harvard, stepping up antisemitism inquiry
Requests signal that the House investigation remains focused on discrimination against Jews and Israelis on campus
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Judith and Gadi Weinstein
December 28, 2023, 10:15 pm
Two Israeli-Americans missing since 7 October confirmed killed in Hamas attack
Judith Weinstein and her husband Gadi were members of Kibbutz Nir Oz
By Luke Tress (JTA)
Benjamin Netanyahu with soldier Yaron Shay, who was killed by Hamas during the 7 October terror attack
December 27, 2023, 5:27 pm
Destroy Hamas, deradicalise Palestinians: Netanyahu lays out preconditions for peace
“There are the three prerequisites for peace between Israel and its Palestinian neighbours in Gaza,” Netanyahu wrote.
By Luke Tress (JTA)
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