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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

Luke Tress

Luke Tress

Luke Tress is a JTA reporter and a former editor and reporter in New York for The Times of Israel.
Protesters with NYC 4 Kaplan attend a rally on Manhattan's Upper West Side on September 1, 2024, against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Rabbi Jill Jacobs/Courtesy T'ruah)
September 10, 2024, 9:04 am
In letter, liberal NY rabbis urge UJA to support ceasefire, hostage deal
‘The hostages need your voice,’ rabbis write, adding that ‘we have seen the tragic consequences of Netanyahu’s recalcitrance’ after Hamas execution of six Israeli hostages
By Luke Tress
Students and demonstrators lock arms to block access to Hamilton Hall on Columbia University's campus on April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images/AFP)
September 10, 2024, 5:23 am
Protester, 40, charged over flag-burning at Columbia anti-Israel protest
James Carlson, unaffiliated with school, faces accusations of arson, trespassing and more after setting stolen Israeli flag on fire, helping break into Hamilton Hall
By Luke Tress
Ronen and Orna Neutra, parents of Israeli-American hostage Omer Neutra on September 5, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)
September 7, 2024, 3:49 am
Parents of Omer Neutra tell Jewish Republicans politicians are failing the hostages
Ronen and Orna, whose son Omer, a dual-US-Israeli citizen, is held by Hamas, denounce lack of urgency from political leaders to reach a deal to bring home remaining captives
By Luke Tress
Shabbos Kestenbaum speaks during the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)
September 6, 2024, 11:11 am
Shabbos Kestenbaum, high-profile campus antisemitism critic, endorses Trump
Plaintiff in Harvard discrimination suit, a former Bernie Sanders supporter, says Democrats won’t do enough to protect Jewish students
By Luke Tress
Rep. David Kustoff of Tennessee addressing the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual convention in Las Vegas, Sept. 4, 2024. (Luke Tress/JTA)
September 5, 2024, 8:41 pm
Republican Jewish confab kicks off in Vegas, focusing on domestic antisemitism spike
Speakers repeatedly link Biden and Harris to Oct. 7 massacre and subsequent fallout for American Jews, mourn the six captives executed by Hamas
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel activists block Jewish students from walking down a street near Columbia University, February 2, 2024. (Luke Tress)
August 31, 2024, 5:26 am
Columbia task force reports ‘crushing’ discrimination against Jews and Israelis
University’s Task Force on Antisemitism says students driven out of dorms and campus, ostracized by peers and denigrated by faculty
By Luke Tress
Anti-Israel signs are seen posted on windows as The New School faculty set up a pro-Palestinian encampment on the university's campus May 08, 2024 in New York City (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/AFP)
August 30, 2024, 4:03 am
NY’s New School senate blocks funding to clubs in bid to demand Israel ‘divestment’
Manhattan university student body’s announcement doesn’t specify how it expects university to carry out divestment; school indicates move will be circumvented
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel students at Columbia University on October 12, 2023 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
August 29, 2024, 8:01 am
Two anti-Israel groups at NYU, Columbia say Instagram removed their accounts
Columbia’s Students for Justice in Palestine and NYU’s People’s Solidarity Coalition likely violated Meta’s new rules, which ban use of word ‘Zionist’ to promote antisemitism
By Luke Tress
Joshua Leifer and his new book, "Tablets Shattered." (Courtesy/Dutton Publishing via JTA)
August 23, 2024, 10:38 pm
Brooklyn book launch rescheduled after cancellation over ‘Zionist’ rabbi moderator
Event for Joshua Leifer’s ‘Tablets Shattered’ back on as owner of bookstore blames rogue employee for ‘hideous’ incident, fires her
By Luke Tress
Archivist Sarah Hopley at the office of the American Jewish Historical Society in New York City, August 7, 2024. (Luke Tress/ JTA)
August 23, 2024, 6:24 am
New ADL archive aims to show how hate — and the fight against it — have evolved
A multi-year initiative will catalog and digitize files kept since the Anti-Defamation League’s 1913 founding, aiding researchers and showing the public how hate speech is recycled
By Luke Tress
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks during the annual Israel Day Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York, June 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
August 14, 2024, 11:48 pm
US Sen. Chuck Schumer to publish book on his experiences with antisemitism
‘Antisemitism in America: A Warning’ set for release in February, to explore senator’s experiences growing up in Brooklyn in the 1960s, his time at Harvard and his political career
By Luke Tress
Pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters march outside Columbia University, in New York City on May 23, 2024. (Kena Betancur/AFP)
August 13, 2024, 1:04 pm
As fall semester nears, Columbia restricts access to campus to prevent ‘disruptions’
University’s chief operating officer says measures intended to ‘keep our community safe,’ especially from non-affiliates, as anti-Israel activists vow to restart protests
By Luke Tress
Screen capture from video showing Vincent Sumpter, left, moments after he allegedly stabbed an Israeli yeshiva student, right, in Brooklyn, New York, August 10, 2024. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 12, 2024, 10:42 am
Man charged with hate crime in Brooklyn stabbing of Israeli yeshiva student
Vincent Sumpter, 22, charged with eight felonies over attack in which he allegedly shouted ‘Free Palestine’; victim says knife missed his heart by four centimeters
By Luke Tress
The vandalized apartment building of Cas Holloway in New York, August 8, 2024. (ABC News video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 10, 2024, 2:09 pm
Pro-Palestinian vandals deface building of Columbia U. administrator, release insects
Anti-Israel activists also smash glass door, put up threatening posters; NYPD’s Hate Crimes Task Force investigates
By Luke Tress
US Olympic wrestling gold medalist Amit Elor speaks against antisemitism while wearing a yellow hostages pin, August 9, 2024. (Video screenshot)
August 10, 2024, 12:43 pm
‘Humanity will win’: Jewish Olympic wrestling champion Amit Elor condemns antisemitism
After avoiding subject ahead of Paris, Elor posts video sporting yellow hostages pin, while decrying hatred that ‘is still all around us,’ says ‘my grandparents won. I won’
By Luke Tress
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