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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Boston University Florence and Chafetz Hillel House. The results of the divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement by BU’s student government. RACHEL FEINSTEIN/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

BU SJP referendum results nullified, future divestment efforts uncertain

Truman Dickerson February 14, 2025
The results of a campus-wide divestment referendum survey were nullified Monday due to “security and technological issues,” according to an announcement from Boston University Student Government.
Pro-Palestine protesters marching in Boston Common on Oct. 24, 2024. The first phase of a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel began on Jan. 19 and both parties are expected to continue discussions on Feb. 4. SYDNEY ROTH/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Advocacy groups in Boston wary of lasting peace in Gaza following ceasefire deal

Truman Dickerson January 22, 2025
As a ceasefire between Hamas and Israel began in Gaza on Jan. 19, halting 470 days of warfare, New England leaders and organizations are responding with mixed thoughts.
Young Israel of Brookline. The Boston Police Department heightened security around synagogues in the area in the wake of the deadly shooting Saturday at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. SERENA YU/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston synagogues increase security after Pittsburgh shooting

Chloe McKim Jepsen October 31, 2018

During Saturday morning Shabbat services at the Chabad House of Greater Boston, Rabbi Shmuel Posner heard a ring at the door. He answered it and found a police officer. Since many observant Jews do not...

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