Tag: Eric Adams
NYU: Over half arrested for anti-Israel riots not tied to school
Less than half of the pro-Hamas protesters arrested at New York University last week after refusing to vacate the campus were members of the academic institution, the university said on Wednesday.
Of the 133 protesters...
‘New York Times’: Orthodox Jews not ‘archetypical’
If there is a quintessential New York Times reporter, that writer might complain that Orthodox New York Jews have too much influence and are not the “archetypical Jewish New Yorker.”
That’s just what Dana Rubinstein did in...
Anti-Semitic activist campaigned with multiple Democrats over the past year
An anti-Israel activist who shared a number of social media posts with anti-Semitic content has campaigned with multiple Democrats over the past year.
Mahel Abdel Qader has come under fire for repeatedly promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy...
Guests at New York mayor’s mansion for Jewish Heritage Month note rise in anti-Semitism
“I was ready for just about anything when I came to an Eric Adams party, but a Chassidic guy singing Billy Joel was not one of them.”
So quipped New York City Council Member Lincoln...
New York City mayor hires Chassidic senior adviser in first such appointment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Chassidic political activist Joel Eisdorfer to be his senior adviser.
Eisdorfer is the first Chassidic Jew to ever be appointed adviser to the mayor. The Borough Park...
New York mayoral frontrunner Adams gets high marks from Orthodox community
Orthodox Jewish backers of New York City mayoral candidate Eric Adams, who holds a sizable lead in the city’s Democratic primary as results continue to roll in, cite his law-and-order message as being key...