Citing Jew-hatred, Trump admin axes $400 million in federal funding to Columbia Columbia has abandoned its obligation to Jewish students "for too long," Education Secretary Linda McMahon stated. Vita Fellig and Menachem Wecker March 7, 2025
Boris Spassky, maybe-Jewish chess champ who lost ‘match of the century’ to Fischer, dies at 88 The Russian grandmaster signed a “rabidly antisemitic petition” in 2005, and shortly thereafter, sought to distance himself from it. Menachem Wecker Feb. 27, 2025
Anti-Israel protesters occupy Barnard building, demand ‘amnesty’ for expelled peers The NYPD told JNS that it had a report on file of an assault, but that there were no arrests amid an ongoing investigation. Vita Fellig and Menachem Wecker Feb. 26, 2025
Judaica collector gives some pointers to the University of Virginia Clay Barr began her collection of Torah “hands,” which spans two and a half centuries, to memorialize her husband 30 years ago. Menachem Wecker Feb. 10, 2025
Trump remarks on Gaza not cause for Democrat freakout, Fetterman says The pro-Israel Democratic senator from Pennsylvania talked about Gaza and Israel on journalist Tara Palmeri's podcast “Somebody's Gotta Win.” Menachem Wecker Feb. 6, 2025
Biden admin rushes agreements in Jew-hatred probes to shield schools from Trump, experts say “The incoming administration is widely anticipated to be far more demanding of defendant universities to be responsive to complainants,” Lori Lowenthal Marcus, of the Deborah Project, told JNS. Vita Fellig and Menachem Wecker Jan. 20, 2025
FBI probing car-ramming in New Orleans, that killed 15 and injured Israelis, as terror attack "An ISIS flag was located in the vehicle, and the FBI is working to determine the subject's potential associations and affiliations with terrorist organizations," the bureau stated. Akiva Van Koningsveld and Menachem Wecker Jan. 1, 2025
Mum about Chanukah, United Nations posts twice about Christmas JNS has reported that the global body has often neglected Jewish holidays while acknowledging those of other faiths. Menachem Wecker Dec. 25, 2024
‘Proof terror knows no boundaries,’ Israeli envoy in New York says of thwarted terror attack “Israel will not cower to terror,” the Israeli mission to the United Nations in Manhattan stated. “We will not be silent in the face of hate and violence.” Menachem Wecker Dec. 19, 2024
