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Baruch College Receives $75K Donation for Antisemitism Research
Protesters gathered at CUNY Chancellor Felix V. Matos Rodriguez’s office under the mantra ‘End Jew Hatred’ to protest growing antisemitism within CUNY and their campuses on Sept. 12, 2023. Photo by Meir Chaimowitz/NurPhoto via Reuters Connect. The Antisemitism Studies Laboratory at Baruch College, a new initiative by the Wasserman Jewish Studies Center to study the…
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South Africa Once Again Probes Military Over Ties With Iran After Naval Exercises
Navy vessels sail in False Bay, near the Simon’s Town Naval base on the last day of the BRICS Plus countries which include China, Russia, and Iran for joint naval exercises in South Africa’s waters, in Cape Town, South Africa, Jan. 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Esa Alexander South Africa has launched a formal inquiry after Iranian…
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Only 5 UN Experts Signed Statement Condemning Iran’s Violent Crackdown on Protesters, Watchdog Reveals
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the UN headquarters in New York City, US, before a meeting about the conflict in Gaza, Nov. 6, 2023. Photo: REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs Only a tiny fraction of UN human rights experts has signed on to an official statement condemning the Iranian regime’s deadly crackdown on nationwide anti-government protests,…
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Canadian Jewish Civil Rights Group Implores Prime Minister to Open Antisemitism Inquiry
Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a Hanukkah menorah lighting in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Dec. 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Patrick Doyle Canadian Jews have been hit by a wave of antisemitic incidents, with at least 32 reported across five provinces in just the past week alone, according to the Jewish advocacy group B’nai Brith Canada.…
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How the chicken man of Crown Heights became a Hasidic St. Francis of Assisi
The chicken coop is located about 300 feet from Lubavitcher World Headquarters in Brooklyn. It’s part of The Crown Heights Homestead, which, according to Google Maps, is “permanently closed,” Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. The Hasidic homestead was very much in operation when I visited on a recent frigid weekday afternoon. Emerging…
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Greece Plans Extension of Territorial Waters Despite Turkish Warning
Greek Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis attends a joint press conference at the Foreign Ministry in Athens, Greece, Oct/ 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stelios Misinas Greece plans to extend its territorial waters further, including potentially in the Aegean Sea, Foreign Minister George Gerapetritis said on Friday, despite Turkey’s long-standing threat of war should Athens take such a step. The NATO allies, but historic rivals,…
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Lebanon Detains Syrian Who Helped Funnel Funds to Pro-Assad Fighters, Sources Say
A person gestures next to a burning picture of President Bashar al-Assad, after rebels seized the capital and ousted the president, in Qamishli, Syria, Dec. 8, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Orhan Qereman Lebanon has arrested a Syrian national who was helping senior associates of ousted president Bashar al-Assad finance fighters as part of a plot to destabilize Syria’s new ruling order, four sources familiar with the matter…
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Kremlin Says Putin Is Mediating in Iran Situation to Try to Deescalate
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks on the day he attends a documents signing ceremony with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow, Russia, Jan. 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina/Pool President Vladimir Putin is mediating in the Iran situation to try to quickly deescalate tensions, the Kremlin said on Friday, after the Russian leader spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian. Moscow, an ally of…
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Five Anti-Israel Activists Plead Not Guilty Over UK Military Base Break-In
People demonstrate outside London’s Old Bailey as four pro-Palestinian activists have pleaded not guilty to breaking into a British military air base and damaging two planes in protest against Britain’s support for Israel, in London, Britain, Jan. 16, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Maja Smiejkowska Five anti-Israel activists pleaded not guilty on Friday to breaking into a British military air base and damaging two planes in protest against…
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Iranian Official Says Regime Should Capture Trump, Every US City Deserves Rampant Arson, Murder
Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi, an official with the Iranian Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, during an appearance on IRINN TV, Jan. 9, 2026. Photo: Screenshot An Iranian official has called on the Islamic Republic to capture US President Donald Trump and said it is permissible to carry out terrorist attacks in US cities. Hassan Rahimpour-Azghadi, an…
