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“For all of those impacted, most especially the students of Lakewood, we are obligated to intervene,” the state’s education department commissioner stated.
“When you ban people from freedom of speech, it creates a kind of environment of poison and hatred on campuses,” Hillel Fuld, an Israeli technology entrepreneur whose talk was canceled, told JNS.
“You’ve got a guy speaking almost like the Nazis spoke in the ’30s, and he’s meeting with him and not condemning him,” Morton Klein told JNS, after Spielberg met with the new mayor of New York City.
The activist, who led anti-Israel protests at Columbia University, was released from immigration custody in June.
“This is the first time in American history that the same exact synagogue has been hit twice for the same fundamental cause, which is blaming the Jew for the problems that the perpetrator perceives exist,” Gary Zola told JNS.
“This package of priorities reflects our shared obligation to ensure that Americans can pray, learn, celebrate and mourn in safety,” Sens. James Lankford and Jacky Rosen wrote.
Running as a Democrat, he has been endorsed by Stacey Pheffer Amato, who is retiring from the seat.
Along with $500 million for Israel as part of the U.S. defense budget, the funding bill meets the agreement that Israel and the United States signed in 2016 to provide Israel with $3.8 billion in annual military aid.
“We need laws with teeth that target the perpetrators of anti-religion violence and harassment,” Ed Lachterman stated.
“The United States stands firmly behind the Iranian people in their call for freedom and justice,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Letitia James, the state’s attorney general, announced a settlement with Betar to end the organization’s “bias-motivated assaults, threats and harassment.”
The event is “a viciously anti-Zionist conference,’” wrote Rabbi Elchana Poupko, host of “The Jewish World” podcast.
