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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 470

Cathryn J. Prince

Cathryn J. Prince

Reporter at The Times of Israel
The entrance to Holy Land USA, a defunct religious theme park in Waterbury, Connecticut, that closed in 1984. (Cathryn J. Prince)
January 11, 2025, 5:52 am
A long-abandoned Christian theme park sits just off a US highway. Will it rise again?
Shuttered in 1984, Connecticut’s Holy Land USA is a crumbling hodgepodge of biblical settings that was also the site of a grisly 2010 murder; a local priest works for its resurrection
By Cathryn J. Prince
Isaac R. Ohrenstein on one of several international internship experiences, on Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. (Courtesy)
December 27, 2024, 4:22 pm
A Harvard student interviewed dozens of Jewish change-makers. Here’s his takeaway
For ‘Voices of Impact,’ podcast host Isaac Ohrenstein speaks with the Jewish world’s most impactful personalities. With mic turned on him for a change, he shares his experiences
By Cathryn J. Prince
Hillel Kornwasser in his room in Teaneck, New Jersey, filming an opening scene for his documentary, 'Forces of Resilience.' (Courtesy)
December 19, 2024, 9:29 pm
A 14-year-old flew to Israel to film a documentary about Oct. 7. It premieres on Sunday
Teaneck, NJ, teen Hillel Kornwasser found magnitude of Hamas atrocities so incomprehensible that he created the film ‘Forces of Resilience’ to process them
By Cathryn J. Prince
Omer Balva and his father Eyal in an undated photo. (Courtesy)
December 2, 2024, 2:57 am
Hezbollah killed his son. Now he’s suing Iran for him – and 133 other American victims
This month, the Balva family and US attorney Jonathan Missner filed a suit against the Islamic Republic for funding the terror group that killed US citizen Sgt. 1st Class Omer Balva
By Cathryn J. Prince
Former US president Bill Clinton, left, in conversation with comedian Billy Crystal at the Beacon Theatre in Manhattan, November 19, 2024. (Cathryn J. Prince)
November 21, 2024, 1:43 am
Onstage, Bill Clinton tells Billy Crystal he thinks about failed Oslo Accords ‘every day’
In a live interview at NYC’s Beacon Theatre, the former president laments the failed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks while standing up for the Jewish state after Oct. 7
By Cathryn J. Prince
A student reads a bulletin board announcement of a meeting November 16, 1938, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, which met to denounce persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany. (AP Photo/Fox)
November 1, 2024, 2:39 am
From Nazis to Vietnam protesters, NY exhibit highlights history of campus antisemitism
At NYC’s Center for Jewish History through Dec. 31, ‘Between Antisemitism and Activism’ looks at Jews in academia facing obstacles like quotas, Holocaust relativism and anti-Zionism
By Cathryn J. Prince
Francesca Albanese (center), the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories, addresses an event at Barnard College in New York City on October 30, 2024. (Courtesy of Eden Yadegar)
October 31, 2024, 6:31 am
At Columbia’s Barnard, UN expert with history of antisemitic remarks justifies Oct. 7
Student who confronted Francesca Albanese on whether all Israelis are legit targets says school’s platforming of her shows that ‘antisemitism not a bug but a feature of our institution’
By Cathryn J. Prince
Anti-Israel demonstrators protest outside Columbia University, September 3, 2024, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
October 22, 2024, 1:10 am
Anti-Israel US campus groups radicalize, with no one to stop them, experts warn
Former security officials say increasingly violent rhetoric mimics that of 1960s students who pivoted to domestic terror. It’s going unhindered as students point to First Amendment
By Cathryn J. Prince
Anti-Israel protesters hold up posters behind a student attending a rally to mourn victims on the one-year anniversary of the October 7 Hamas terror onslaught, on October 7, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Alex Kent / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
October 8, 2024, 4:02 am
Anti-Israel activists show their true face at Columbia as students mark year since Oct. 7
Supporters of the Jewish state cap a difficult year amid raucous demonstrations by rival anti-Israel groups at NYC school that has been a hotspot since Hamas onslaught sparked the war
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: Family members of hostages held by terror group Hamas in the Gaza Strip lead a crowd at a rally for the captives' release, in Central Park, New York, March 10, 2024. (Luke Tress via JTA)
October 6, 2024, 12:43 am
Across North America, Jews and their allies prepare for a poignant Oct. 7 commemoration
Falling during the Days of Awe, the anniversary of the worst massacre of Jews since the Holocaust still painfully resonates – and brings people together – around the world
By Cathryn J. Prince
Layla Alsheikh, left, Yonatan Zeigen, second left, Robi Damelin, second right and Arab Aramin outside The Africa Center on September 18, 2024. (Cathryn J. Prince/ Times of Israel)
September 29, 2024, 5:00 am
On US tour, Israelis and Palestinians united by violence hold fast to hopes for peace
With conflict seeming more inexorable than ever, victims from both sides tell US audiences understanding and willpower can keep future generations from paying the price they’ve borne
By Cathryn J. Prince
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel supporters protest outside Columbia University, Sep. 3, 2024, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura)
September 20, 2024, 1:45 am
As Columbia reopens, fresh protests put Jewish students on edge from Day 1
Anti-Israel activity is alive and well in Morningside Heights, where some already report feeling uncomfortable as last year’s turmoil shows signs of rearing its head again
By Cathryn J. Prince
A Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel demonstrator holds a UAW sign at the University of California Los Angeles campus on May 23, 2024, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)
September 19, 2024, 1:07 am
As US unions take on Israel, some Jewish members can feel attacked instead of protected
With a tight presidential race, left-leaning labor unions are doubling down on a Gaza ceasefire, while some supported an Israeli general strike after Hamas murder of six hostages
By Cathryn J. Prince
Illustrative: An anti-Israel rally at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 2017. (YouTube screenshot/ used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 16, 2024, 2:13 am
4 years after complaint, Illinois university bans harassment of students for Zionist views
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign amends its code of conduct after a 2020 complaint alleging numerous antisemitic acts, but its timing amid the Gaza war is notable
By Cathryn J. Prince
Demonstrators lock arms as law enforcement officers move them down Park Avenue away from the University of Arizona campus, May 10, 2024, in Tucson, Arizona. (Kelly Presnell/Arizona Daily Star via AP)
August 25, 2024, 1:26 am
Uniting as the Student Intifada, anti-Israel groups plan to further disrupt US campuses
Condoning violence and vocal in their anti-West and anti-capitalist views, the protesters are preparing to sow more chaos this year as experts warn of intolerance for other views
By Cathryn J. Prince
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