
Luke Tress
New York Correspondent at Times of Israel
New York correspondent @timesofisrael. Formerly @jtanews, @nyjewishweek
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timesofisrael.com | Luke Tress
Condemnation piles up after New York City Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani, a leading contender to become the city’s next mayor, defends the term “globalize the intifada.”Asked about the term during a podcast yesterday, Mamdani declined to condemn the phrase, and said, “Ultimately, what I hear in so many is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights in standing up for Palestinian human rights.”New York Rep.
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timesofisrael.com | Luke Tress |Grace Gilson |Philissa Cramer |Ben Sales
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timesofisrael.com | Luke Tress
Columbia University’s Task Force on Antisemitism releases a report, finding that Jewish students have experienced widespread disaffection on campus since the October 2023 terror attack on Israel and ensuing turmoil on the Ivy League campus. “I found the results of this survey difficult to read. They put the challenges we face in stark relief,” acting university president Claire Shipman says in a statement.
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timesofisrael.com | Luke Tress
NEW YORK — The US Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday condemned any comparison between World War II’s Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and the term “Globalize the Intifada,” a day after New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani cited museum materials while drawing such a correlation. It was the latest controversy over Jewish issues for Mamdani, an anti-Israel activist who is polling in second place for New York City’s Democratic Party mayoral primary.
NYC mayoral candidate Mamdani compares Intifada to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, drawing fire - Luke Tress
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