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1 week ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Qatar of contributing to what he called a surge of anti-Israel sentiment on university campuses across the United States, marking the first time he has publicly held the Gulf state responsible for what he described as a “rot” in American academic institutions.
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1 week ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The standoff between Harvard University and U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated overnight to a direct confrontation. Following months of tension over anti-Israel protests, restrictions on free speech and allegations of inaction on antisemitism, the administration launched an unprecedented crackdown on the prestigious university.
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1 week ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A 48-year-old Israeli man, formerly a resident of New Jersey and now living in Israel, has admitted to a massive fraud scheme involving the U.S. federal aid program for small businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... One day after U.S. President Donald Trump hosted released hostages and their relatives at a Republican National Committee gala in Washington, Vice President JD Vance, held his first official meeting with survivors of Hamas captivity and families of those still being held in Gaza.
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A Jewish film curator and long-time staff member at Emerson College in Boston is suing the college for wrongful termination. In the complaint filed in Massachusetts state court, Anna Feder alleges that she was fired for what she calls “personal political activism” - specifically, for screening the documentary Israelism, a film that challenges traditional American Jewish views on Israel and critiques Zionism.
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Freed hostage Iair Horn asked Republican Congressmen on Friday to do more to bring about the release of the 59 remaining captives held by Hamas in Gaza. "Humbly, we ask, we ask for more. The last push, the last 59 people, the last 59 hostages," he said. President Donald Trump invited freed hostages Iair Horn, Aviva Siegel, and Keith Siegel to join him at at a gala organized by the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) in Washington.
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Families of American victims of the October 7 Hamas massacre on Monday filed a lawsuit in U.S. federal court in New York, accusing Palestinian-American billionaire Bashar Masri of knowingly providing substantial aid to Hamas’ terror infrastructure in Gaza and providing electricity to the tunnel network that enabled the holding of hostages as part of the deadliest attack in Israel’s history Palestinian-American billionaire Bashar Masri Masri also has previously been considered as one of the...
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson |Bethany Mandel
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2 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
A Haredi Jewish man is suing the city of Aurora, Colorado, alleging religious discrimination and selective enforcement after he was cited for dozens of housing code violations in connection with properties owned by his family's real estate firm. Zev Baumgarten, who is affiliated with CBZ Management — a New York-based company owned by his relatives, filed a lawsuit claiming the city pursued him personally over violations typically handled through property owners or official managers.
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3 weeks ago | 
ynetnews.com | Daniel Edelson
Four ultra-Orthodox real estate investors from New York and New Jersey have been sentenced to prison after their involvement in a real estate fraud scheme that defrauded banks and investors of tens of millions of dollars. Aron Puretz, 53, of New Jersey, received a five-year prison sentence, and his son, Chaim "Eli" Puretz, 29, was sentenced to two years. Aron Puretz was ordered to repay approximately $22.2 million, while his son Eli was directed to pay back about $20.3 million.
