🪦 Karen Diamond, 82, died from injuries sustained in a firebombing attack on a pro-Israel rally for hostages in Boulder, Colorado — an escalation that could make the case against the accused attacker eligible for the death penalty. (Forward)
🏫 The Trump administration concluded that Harvard was deliberately indifferent to Jewish students feeling unsafe on campus — and threatened to pull “all federal financial resources” from the school. (Wall Street Journal, JTA)
🎒 The Jewish parents of an 11-year-old allege their daughter endured months of antisemitic harassment at a Virginia private school, which they say expelled all three of their children days after the family raised concerns, according to a new civil rights complaint. (Jewish Insider)
🇺🇸 The U.S. State Department revoked visas for British band Bob Vylan, who were scheduled to tour the U.S. this year, after they led a “death to the Israeli military” chant at the Glastonbury music festival — an incident now under criminal investigation by U.K. police. (CNN)
🎶 The BBC apologized for not stopping the livestream of the concert; the United Talent Agency said it is no longer representing the band. (CBS News, Hollywood Reporter)
🗳️ New York City is set to unveil today the first round of ranked-choice voting results from last week’s mayoral primary. Zohran Mamdani, the presumptive Democratic nominee, is now the face of the Democratic Socialists of America, a group that accuses Israel of genocide and backs the boycott movement. (JTA, New York Times)
💰 The Department of Homeland Security is releasing $94 million in security grants to more than 500 Jewish institutions, citing recent antisemitic attacks — even as the rest of the funding remains stalled due to a Trump administration spending review. (JTA)
👮 The mayor of Glen Rock, New Jersey is calling for the release of Jorge Tomas Dagar Aquino, a longtime synagogue custodian detained by ICE during an asylum interview amid a wave of nationwide immigration raids ordered by the Trump administration. (JTA)
⚖️ The Supreme Court ruled that American victims of terrorism — including attacks from the Second Intifada in the 2000s — can sue the Palestinian Authority and PLO in U.S. courts. (JTA)
🍦 Corporate parent Unilever is cutting off funding to the Ben & Jerry’s Foundation — an escalation tied to the foundation’s donations to pro-Palestinian groups and growing tensions over corporate activism. (Semafor)
⚽ Argentina launched a criminal investigation after fans of a local soccer team staged anti-Israel protests — including parading a coffin draped in an Israeli flag — during a match against a team from a largely Jewish neighborhood. (Times of Israel)
🇪🇸 Spanish police have arrested six people for allegedly running a scheme that sold fake Sephardic heritage certificates to obtain Spanish citizenship under a law meant to help descendants of Jews expelled in 1492. (JTA)
What else we’re reading ► “Eighty years after the Holocaust, Jewish circus returns to Germany” (Religion News Service) … Producer of Tarantino films pivots to pro-Israel advocacy with new miniseries about Oct. 7 (Haaretz) … “How many Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen lyrics can you ID in this New York writer’s new song?” (Rolling Stone)
