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QNS

Western Queens lawmakers display pro-Palestinian stance: divergence from borough-wide pols

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QNS

Greater New York Jewish community to celebrate Jewish pride with Grand Parade and Mega Lag BaOmer event this Sunday

Demonstrator arrested at Brooklyn protest

Brooklyn

Brooklyn protest fallout: Mayor Adams says there will be review of NYPD actions, Public Advocate Williams condemns ‘aggression’

Posted on May 20, 2024

Public Advocate Jumaane Williams at New School encampment

‘People are not feeling heard’: Public Advocate Williams speaks in support of New School’s faculty-led encampment

Posted on May 9, 2024

Protester at Columbia University waves Palestine flag

Politics

Columbia University cancels school-wide commencement ceremony after protests

Posted on May 6, 2024

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn teacher says he was fired after being arrested during Columbia University protest

Posted on May 5, 2024

Students march in protest over Palestine

Politics

Chalk pleas and arguments with opponents: Inside another college campus pro-Palestine protest in Manhattan

Posted on May 2, 2024

Doctor injured at City College protest bangs drum

Harlem

“It hurt like hell”: Doctor protesting at City College says cops injured him while being arrested

Posted on May 1, 2024

Columbia University demonstrator arrested

Columbia University aftermath: Mayor Adams, NYPD continue to point finger of blame at ‘outside agitators’ after massive raid

Posted on May 1, 2024

Protesters outside Columbia University

Harlem

Madness at Columbia University: Pro-Palestine protesters storm and seize campus building as chaos intensifies

Posted on April 30, 2024

Some on the outside even pressed their hands to the warm glass in a show of solidarity.

World

“We will not stop, we will not rest’: FIT pro-Palestine protesters end lobby encampment, for now

Posted on April 29, 2024

NYU students re-erected an encampment outside the college on Friday after having their original demonstration raided by police earlier in the week and were instantly met with a tense face-off by riot cops.

NYU students have tense face-off with police after encampment is reestablished at college

Posted on April 27, 2024

Columbia University protests see pro-Israel and pro-Palestine demonstrators clash

Politics

Columbia University protests: Protesters clash over controversial campus encampment in chaotic scene

Posted on April 26, 2024

Columbia University student sits before hostage posters

Columbia University student from Israel recounts encountering hate before and during encampment: ‘I have had people spit at me’

Posted on April 25, 2024

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QNS

Queens electeds offer contrasting viewpoints on pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia

House Speaker Mike Johnson at Columbia University

Politics

Columbia University protests: House Speaker Mike Johnson visits campus, calls for Shafik’s resignation amidst Pro-Palestine protest encampment

Posted on April 24, 2024

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Columbia University protests: Admin gives students 48 hours to clear encampment, demonstrators agree to some concessions

Posted on April 24, 2024

Worker outside NYU amid protests there and Columbia University

World

Columbia University admin calls for outside agitators to vacate encampment while NYU barricades campus with plywood

Posted on April 23, 2024

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World

Columbia University and NYU protests: Over 130 arrested as NYPD clears out Gould Plaza occupation

Posted on April 23, 2024

Columbia University professor argues with administrator after being denied access

Columbia University protest: Professor organizing pro-Israel rally denied campus access as pro-Palestine demonstrators rebuff allegations of antisemitism

Posted on April 22, 2024

Politics

Why several NYC House members voted against funding to help defend Israel or Ukraine

Posted on April 21, 2024

Pro-Palestine protester arrested at Columbia University protest

Columbia University protest: Pro-Palestine students enter second day of occupation

Posted on April 18, 2024

Columbia University pro-Palestine protest

Politics

Columbia University students hold pro-Palestine protest on campus’ great lawn as president testifies on Capitol Hill about antisemitism

Posted on April 17, 2024

Cars drive by Lehman College on March 15, 2024.

Bronx Times

Lehman’s Institute for Literary Studies canceled a panel on the struggles for Palestine. What are the implications?

Devorah Halberstam and Rivkie Feiner speak at the ADL summit "Never is Now" about antisemitism in the Orthodox Jewish community. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann

Politics

Big hate in the Big Apple: Why New York City saw record levels of antisemitism last year, according to Anti-Defamation League

Posted on April 16, 2024

Dr. Peter Bonadie makes a point during a panel discussion, in February 2019, at Trinity Methodist Church on Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, on the ‘Currency of Freedom’ for Black History Month, organized by the St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Ex-Teachers Association of New York.

Caribbean Life

Dr. Peter Bonadie: Israeli-Hamas War ‘a very deep spiritual problem’

Israel

Israel mobilizes air defenses after Iran fires more than 100 drones; U.S. stepping up support

Posted on April 13, 2024

Israel

Writers decline PEN America accolades over organization’s stance on Israel-Hamas war

Posted on April 13, 2024

Pastor Cornelius Olive plays the Q-Cord, in March 2020, as the United Vincie Cultural Group of Brooklyn hosts a very successful Prayer Breakfast to aid SVG health institutions.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Cornelius Olive stands strongly with Israel in war with Hamas

Hostage poster held up before crowd of people at rally in Manhattan

Hostage crisis: NYC calls for captives’ release from Gaza six months into Israel-Hamas war

Posted on April 7, 2024

Israel

Six months of anguish: Relative of hostage held in Gaza amid Israel-Hamas war speaks out on family’s painful ordeal

Posted on April 5, 2024

Israel

Biden tells Israel’s Netanyahu future US support for war depends on new steps to protect civilians

Posted on April 4, 2024

World

Vatican confirms pope will preside over Easter Vigil after he skipped Good Friday at last minute

Posted on March 30, 2024

World

Biden says he’s working to secure release of Wall Street Journal reporter held for a year in Russia

Posted on March 29, 2024

Jewish New Yorkers and allies rally in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza at the 100 Days in Captivity Demonstration calling for the release of the Hamas hostages.

Israel

Six months since Oct. 7: A hostage crisis and military strikes continue in Gaza

Posted on March 29, 2024

World

A fight to protect the dignity of Michelangelo’s David raises questions about freedom of expression

Posted on March 28, 2024

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Politics

Majority of American voters support Israel in the ongoing war, a new Harvard poll shows

Posted on March 28, 2024

Dr. Simeon A. King, pastor of Mission for God Evangelical Ministries.

Caribbean Life

Pastor Simeon King wants end to Israeli-Hamas War

Brooklyn Paper

Schumer says Israeli and Palestinian leaders are ‘major obstacles’ to peace in Middle East

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Israel

Itay Chen, Israeli American with ties to NYC, confirmed killed by Hamas on Oct. 7

Posted on March 13, 2024

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Brooklyn Paper

Activists call for cancellation of Brooklyn event promoting sale of Palestinian land in the West Bank

‘Bring them back home’: Thousands march around Central Park demanding safe return of all Israeli hostages

Posted on March 10, 2024

World

International Women’s Day is a celebration and call to action. Beware the flowers and candy

Posted on March 8, 2024

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Israel

Thousands attend ‘Never is Now’ summit in Midtown to battle antisemitism across the country

Posted on March 8, 2024

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Schneps Podcasts

Progressive and Zionist: Social Justice and Jewish Identity with Amanda Berman, Zioness

Met Council Food Ramadan

Brooklyn Paper

Met Council on Jewish Poverty to distribute $1M worth of halal food during Ramadan

World

Controversial proposal for monument outside Russian embassy would honor political opposition leader Navalny

Posted on March 1, 2024

Israel

Biden approves military air drops of aid into Gaza after chaotic encounter left dozens dead

Posted on March 1, 2024

More from around NYC

Lifelong resident of the North Bronx, Gary Axelbank was honored at the Bronx Ball Saturday as the peoples' choice for the Bronx Walk of Fame, a fitting title as Axelbank has served the people of the borough for three decades as a broadcast journalist.

Star Power and Bronx Pride Shine at 2025 Bronx Ball

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Southeast Queens honors late hip-hop artist Freaky Tah with street co-naming in South Jamaica

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Sun and surf return as Brooklyn’s beaches open for swimming on May 24

Oghenero Gbaje (left) and Essence Lotus in "Bowl EP."

‘Bowl EP’ is a masterpiece of queer theater — and a bold, imaginative experience