I think it's an error that people consider "Globalize the Intifada" to be just an anti-Jewish threat. It's very much a threat to everyone. If a suicide bomber explodes on a subway, they won't be asking who in the car is Jewish.

If you’re anything like me and summer makes you nostalgic for the seemingly simpler days of Jewish sleepaway camp— especially these days— I wrote about a new movie that might be the fix: jewishinsider.com/2025/07/the-fl…

SCOOP Jewish Insider via Haley Cohen: "Leading Jewish organizations, synagogues express alarm about antisemitism in teachers’ unions" "The groups signed a letter to NEA President Rebecca Pringle calling out her group's hostile climate for Jews" jewishinsider.com/2025/07/leadin…

Update: Groves announced at the hearing that Jonathan Brown, the Georgetown prof who called for Iran to conduct a “symbolic strike” on a U.S. military base, has been placed on leave and removed as chair of the school’s Dept of Arabic and Islamic Studies. jewishinsider.com/2025/07/george…

Breaking: Columbia University announced it would implement several commitments to combat antisemitism in an effort to reach a deal with the Trump admin to restore the $400 million in federal funding that was cut in March. jewishinsider.com/2025/07/columb…

ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt: “We now have a new, even more terrifying problem: The radicals are turning their sights on K-12 classrooms.” wsj.com/opinion/antise…

I spoke w some Jewish students & alumni at Columbia University who are skeptical that the university’s deal w the Trump admin will have a significant impact on protecting Jewish students, but rather see the deal, which has not been finalized, as “largely symbolic.” jewishinsider.com/2025/07/columb…

BREAKING Jewish Insider via Haley Cohen: "Columbia moves student disciplinary authority out of University Senate" "Pro-Israel students have been advocating for the move since the faculty Senate refused to discipline anti-Israel student protesters" jewishinsider.com/2025/07/columb…

Rabbis, entrepreneurs and CEOs recently gathered to debate how to expand Jewish education — & many other issues facing US Jewry— all while drawing inspiration from the teachings of the late Rabbi Sacks. My coverage of the Reut USA The Rabbi Sacks Legacy conference: ejewishphilanthropy.com/experts-champi…

Columbia reaches $200 million settlement with Trump administration, Haley Cohen reports. ji.news/3yzn6

Antisemitism task force head, Leo Terrell, decries ‘Jewish tax’ in rising communal security costs, Haley Cohen reports. ji.news/3zdsk

New from me: In comments to a supportive crowd of pro-Israel college students in Washington for ICC’s conference, Rep. Ritchie Torres said that the world needs to be reminded that “Hamas is the central cause of the war in Gaza.”   jewishinsider.com/2025/07/ritchi…

We have appended an Editors' Note to a story about Mohammed Zakaria al-Mutawaq, a child in Gaza who was diagnosed with severe malnutrition. After publication, The Times learned that he also had pre-existing health problems. Read more below.

In convos w pro-Israel college students at ICC, I learned that while some praised Trump’s campus crackdowns, most want their schools to enter into deals that address structural reforms, unlike Columbia’s largely financial deal w the Trump admin. jewishinsider.com/2025/07/israel…

💸 Big Jewish Insider news: Yesterday we debuted our new afternoon newsletter, called the "Daily Overtime," a premium product available only to paid subscribers. You can be one of them. Join us! jewishinsider.com/2025/07/introd…

I am grateful for the opportunity to have spoken at the ICC National Leadership Summit and am inspired by the commitment and courage of the 700+ participants. I stand with them and with Israel, and will continue to be at their side in the fight against antisemitism.

Scoop: Harvard University, in a move long sought-after by advocates for Jewish college students, has agreed to cover all security costs for the university’s Hillel. jewishinsider.com/2025/07/harvar…

New from me: U.S. Jews are growing increasingly concerned about humanitarian aid in Gaza. Rev. Rev. Johnnie Moore ن, executive chairman of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, defended his org’s actions as members of the prominent Sinai Temple asked tough questions. jewishinsider.com/2025/08/gaza-h…