Amid the Trump administration's attack on universities, Harvard has emerged as a particular target. Early on, the administration put $2.2 billion in research money on hold and shortly thereafter blocked all future funding while demanding intrusive control over Harvard's hiring and admissions. Unlike many of its peer institutions, Harvard fought back, filing and ultimately winning a lawsuit that restored the cut funds.
CROWN HEIGHTS - CITY OFFICIALS were warned weeks before a car-ramming attack at a Crown Heights synagogue that security bollards and other hardening measures were needed - infrastructure New York City had already begun installing years earlier under former Mayor Bill de Blasio. A Dec. 30, 2025, report from the Mayor's Office for Combating Antisemitism, issued just before Mayor Zohran Mamdani took office, flagged the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters as a high-risk site and recommended bollards and related protections.
This month, a judge ordered the University of Pennsylvania to justify its refusal to collect and disclose the names and personal contact information of Jewish faculty, staff and students to the federal government. Late last year, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued Penn to force compliance with this chilling demand, made in the name of fighting antisemitism. Jewish and non-Jewish community members at Penn and beyond have united to support the university's resistance to compiling and releasing data about members of campus Jewish organizations,
His words were unequivocal: Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all of our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. He went on to describe Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world. But King's support for Israel was not political posturing. It flowed directly from his understanding of oppression and liberation. He recognized what it meant for a people to be denied sovereignty, safety, and dignity.
Vice Mayor Cesar Zepeda and Councilmember Jamelia Brown plan to bring forward a second censure resolution that would admonish Martinez after he reshared posts to his LinkedIn account that contained conspiracy theories about a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach. If approved, Martinez also would be required to undertake meaningful engagement with the city's Jewish community, including religious figures, and participate in at least 16 hours of antisemitism training.
Slate writer Molly Olmstead noted that that campaign, entitled "Stand With Our Brave ICE Hero," was started by an avowed white supremacist who goes by Tom Hennessey. He has asked if Good was a "negrophile," used the #DeportThemAll and "TheyAllMustGo" in his crowdfunding campaign, and initially said that Good's slaying was "a direct result of anti-American traitors like Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (who is Jewish) fanning the flames of resistance" before he removed mention of Frey's Judaism.
A former Navy SEAL with neo-Nazi beliefs faces up to 10 years in prison after he was convicted of transporting fireworks across state lines with the intent to injure law enforcement at a "No Kings" protest in San Diego, authorities said. FBI agents found messages on Gregory Vandenberg's phone indicating he was upset with President Trump because he believed the U.S. government is controlled by Israel and the Jewish people, according to the Department of Justice.
