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Unused footage from a 1997 documentary on Hasidim, housed in CUNY's archives, shows Chabad emissaries teaching children how to wrap tefillin in post-Soviet Moscow. (Screenshot)
May 6, 2026, 1:26 am
9 miles of archives: NYC Jewish history documents come to life in CUNY trove
City University of New York public system’s material includes Yiddish jokes, posters for champion boxers, and student newspapers discussing same issues as today
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Clips shared by Sheikh Abdelraham Badawy in the weeks preceding his visit to New York City's John Jay College of Criminal Justice. (Instagram; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
March 7, 2026, 12:22 am
Event at NYC public college features speaker who promotes antisemitic conspiracies
Featured guest at John Jay College recently shared posts pushing an array of anti-Jewish libels, previously said Zionist ‘devils’ have ‘evil in their hearts’
By Luke Tress
Israeli soldiers escort the media to an underground tunnel found underneath Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP/Victor R. Caivano)
February 13, 2026, 11:59 pm
NYC public law school to host event on Hamas tunnels as ‘resistance to colonization’
Talk next month, led by Columbia University academic, advertised as describing Gaza’s underground terror infrastructure as ‘decolonial land use’
By Luke Tress
The chancellor of the City College of New York, Félix V. Matos Rodríguez, visits Yeshivah of Flatbush in Brooklyn, New York City, December 2, 2025. (Courtesy/CUNY)
December 3, 2025, 9:47 pm
NYC’s public CUNY college system works to expand enrollment from yeshivas
City College of New York’s chancellor visits Brooklyn’s Yeshivah of Flatbush, as dual enrollment for Jewish religious school students expands since program opened last year
By Luke Tress
The entrance to Park East Synagogue, with dueling protesters on each side, separated by police, in New York City, November 19, 2025. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
November 26, 2025, 1:47 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 26: Day 782 – NY Jews’ mayoral fears realized at synagogue protest. What now?
NY correspondent Luke Tress gives the play-by-play of last week’s virulently anti-Israel protest, how lawfare groups may try to prevent future intimidation and a fraught campus atmosphere
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Luke Tress
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists march outside of the CUNY Grad Center on July 22, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
November 19, 2025, 3:38 am
Imam at NYC college interfaith event blames Jewish speaker for Gaza, leads walkout
Addressing students, Muslim leader extols harsh punishments in sharia law, denounces Hillel representative as a ‘Zionist’ and tells followers to leave ‘out of strength and dignity’
By Luke Tress
US Representative Elise Stefanik, a New York Republican, questions university leaders during a House Committee on Education and Workforce Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington, DC, July 15, 2025. (AP/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
July 15, 2025, 10:47 pm
US university heads grilled in Congress about anti-Israel terror support on campus
Leaders of City University of New York, Georgetown and Berkeley hauled before lawmakers; protesters repeatedly interrupt proceedings with shouts of ‘genocide’
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel protesters exit Columbia University's Butler Library after occupying it on May 7, 2025, in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
May 10, 2025, 12:48 am
Columbia suspends more than 65 students for anti-Israel library takeover
Activists put on interim suspension while university probes raucous demonstration; dozens also barred from campus, including alumni
By Luke Tress
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul speaks at a news conference, Feb. 20, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
March 1, 2025, 2:29 pm
Hochul orders NY college to scrap Palestinian studies ad seeking historian on ‘genocide’
Governor says CUNY school must thoroughly review position to ensure ‘antisemitic theories are not promoted in the classroom’; no class being canceled
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators from CUNY at a rally near Bryant Park, New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress)
February 25, 2025, 12:40 am
NYC university system’s faculty union backtracks after Israel boycott vote
CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress, representing 30,000 members, reverses support for divisive divestment measure due to ‘irregularities’ in voting
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators from CUNY at a rally near Bryant Park, New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress)
January 30, 2025, 12:13 am
NY governor condemns NYC university system’s faculty union for Israel boycott vote
Resolution passed by CUNY’s Professional Staff Congress, representing 30,000 members, puts organization at odds with the university administration and state government
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Anti-Israel activists march outside of the CUNY Grad Center on July 22, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
September 24, 2024, 11:30 pm
Report on antisemitism at CUNY college system calls for ‘complete overhaul’ to approach
Independent evaluation ordered by New York Gov. Kathy Hochul finds that many students ‘do not feel safe on campus due to antisemitism and other forms of hate’
By Luke Tress
Protesters flash an inverted triangle, a Hamas symbol, at CUNY's Baruch College in New York City, June 6, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)
September 5, 2024, 5:43 am
CUNY under pressure to act amid series of anti-Israel protests at Hillel events
Jewish centers at multiple NY campuses picketed with banners reading ‘Bring the war home’ and ‘Hillel go to hell’ along with Hamas symbol of inverted triangle, pictures of weapons
By Jackie Hajdenberg
CUNY students and CUNY Chancellor Félix V. Matos Rodríguez tour the Museum of Jewish Heritage, March 15, 2024. (Luke Tress, via JTA)
May 31, 2024, 4:52 pm
Despite string of pro-Palestinian statements, CUNY faculty union rejects Israel boycott
Union president actively opposed resolution, which sought to ‘ban all academic trips to the Zionist state,’ cancel all cooperation with Israeli academia
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel protesters chant outside The City College Of New York (CUNY) one day after the NYPD cracked down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CUNY on May 1, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)
May 16, 2024, 1:07 pm
CUNY college scraps Hillel Memorial Day event over anti-Israel protest, security fears
Brooklyn’s Kingsborough Community College cancels gathering after request for more security; Baruch College nixes Independence Day event after Hillel refuses alternative locations
By Luke Tress
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