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New York reporter Luke Tress joins host Jessica Steinberg for today's Daily Briefing (ToI)
May 17, 2026, 3:23 pm
Daily Briefing May 17: Pro-Israel groups protest NYT sexual abuse op-ed, say it foments hatred
NY correspondent Luke Tress discusses New York Times protest, New School’s attempt to defund Hillel, anti-Israel demonstration in Jewish neighborhood and swastikas around the city
By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress
Protesters target Hillel at Baruch College, part of the CUNY system, in New York City, June 6, 2024. (Luke Tress)
May 12, 2026, 5:35 pm
Citing Israel’s ‘international crimes,’ NYC student government trying to defund Hillel
New School’s student senate voted to block funds for Jewish club due to Israel ties in 1st vote of its kind in US, drawing pushback from university president
By Luke Tress
Student activists and their allies protest in front of the New School in support of an encampment for pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters on April 21, 2024 in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)
May 3, 2026, 4:09 am
NYC’s New School rejects student senate’s vote to defund and cut ties with Hillel
Vote appears to be first by a student government to cut off Hillel, long the central address for US campus Jewish life, but school says senate doesn’t ‘have the authority’ to do so
By Luke Tress
A California Highway Patrol (CHP) officer detains a protestor while clearing a pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel encampment after dispersal orders were given at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) campus, on May 2, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 30, 2025, 8:39 am
UCLA settles antisemitism suit with $6.13m payout, as feds allege discrimination
Plaintiffs, who alleged that protesters created ‘Jew Exclusion Zone’ during 2024 demos over Gaza war, welcome settlement that includes court order ensuring access to public spaces
By Agencies
University of Michigan students walk on the UM campus next to signage displaying the university's 'core values,' on April 3, 2025, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (BILL PUGLIANO / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
July 18, 2025, 12:33 am
US campuses see record levels of antisemitism, but drop in violent attacks
Hillel International leaders cite newfound ‘penalty for antisemitism on many universities’ as driving online what would previously have been in-person incidents
By Zev Stub and JTA
Protesters target Hillel at Baruch College, part of the CUNY system, in New York City, June 6, 2024. (Luke Tress)
April 3, 2025, 6:50 am
Hillel CEO expresses concerns over anti-Israel US campus deportations, urges due process
Adam Lehman says he’s worried the administration’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian activity at universities could further fuel antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
Signs are displayed outside a tent encampment at Northwestern University on April 26, 2024, in Evanston, Illinois. (AP Photo/ Teresa Crawford)
February 2, 2025, 10:23 pm
Survey: 83% of Jewish US college students have experienced antisemitism since Oct. 7
Poll by ADL and Hillel International finds two-thirds of Jewish students not confident in their universities’ abilities to prevent antisemitism on campus
By Zev Stub
An exterior view of Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York, on February 12, 2020. (STEPHANIE KEITH / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
January 8, 2025, 9:47 am
US Department of Education opens antisemitism probe at Sarah Lawrence College
Move comes following rare complaint by campus Hillel chapter that school fostered a hostile environment for Jewish students; college says reviewing request for data on incidents
By Andrew Lapin
Protesters outside Columbia University, New York City, New York, April 30, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)
July 8, 2024, 11:05 pm
Columbia axes 3 deans for text chain mocking campus antisemitism concerns
Fourth dean in conversation, which took place during panel on issue, acknowledged that remarks ‘may call to mind antisemitic tropes’; one dean said panelist came from ‘privilege’
By Luke Tress
The Harvard campus Hillel House welcomes students into its 'safe space,' in Cambridge, Massachusetts, December 12, 2023. (Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP)
April 28, 2024, 3:42 am
US Jewish campus groups become a haven for students facing post-Oct. 7 hostility
Attendance surges at Hillel, Chabad houses nationwide as students seek refuge from an increasingly unwelcoming atmosphere amid strident, and often antisemitic, anti-Israel protests
By Deena Yellin
An anti-Israel protester gives the finger in front of counter-demonstrators holding an Israeli flag outside the Gaza Solidarity Encampment on the campus of Northwestern University on April 25, 2024 in Evanston, Illinois. (Scott Olson/Getty Images/AFP)
April 26, 2024, 5:09 pm
Gaza ‘solidarity encampment’ shakes up Northwestern campus but leaves no clear winners
Jewish students unnerved, but defiant; pro-Palestinians enjoy growing numbers, but demands unmet; university head avoids punishing violators but still accused of ‘genocide’ by demonstrators
By Jacob Magid
Students wearing face masks are seen at a campus of the University of British Columbia UBC in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on Feb. 7, 2022 (Photo by Liang Sen/Xinhua via Getty Images).
March 1, 2024, 4:35 pm
Canadian student union rejects vote to boot Hillel from campus, boycott Israel
Overturned on a technicality, measure also called for University of British Columbia to end cooperation with Israeli institutions
By Andrew Lapin
File: Students walk to class at Rice University on August 29, 2022 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images/AFP)
September 28, 2023, 8:11 pm
Rice University LGBTQ group severs ties with Hillel over its support for Israel
Rice Pride says Jewish organization’s ban on partnering with pro-Palestinian groups incompatible with its ‘values of inclusion’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Hillel International's office after it was bombed by a Russian missile in Odesa, Ukraine, July 23, 2023. (Facebook video screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 27, 2023, 9:37 am
Hillel branch in Odesa ‘significantly damaged’ in Russian missile strike
No one in building at time of attack, which damaged office door, windows, brought down ceiling; Hillel chapter in Kharkiv was destroyed in shelling last year
By Andrew Lapin
Firefighters extinguish an apartment house after a Russian rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, Ukraine, March 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Pavel Dorogoy)
March 15, 2022, 9:42 pm
Hillel Jewish student from Kharkiv killed while ‘defending Ukraine’
Serafim Sabaranskiy decided to pick up arms and defend his city; ‘He died a hero,’ Hillel says; Chabad center destroyed by Russian shelling as city remains united in its resistance
By Tobias Siegal
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