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Delegation of US mayors visit Israel, talk to families of hostages
The mayors of cities in Massachusetts, South Carolina and Oregon returned last week from a four-day visit to Israel, where they met with political officials, business leaders, academics and regional experts.
The three U.S. municipal leaders—Jon Mitchell,...
UK Conservative Party candidate says London mayor ‘frightens’ Jews
Susan Hall, a Conservative Party candidate in the United Kingdom running to be mayor of London, has drawn criticism after saying that the city’s Muslim mayor scares British Jews.
“I know how frightened some of the community...
Sderot flourishing in the crosshairs of Hamas terror
In any other country, Sderot would be just an idyllic, well-maintained small town. But in southwestern Israel, less than a mile from the border with Gaza, it’s all that as well as a place...
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...
Surfside, Fla., elects its first Orthodox Jewish mayor
Shlomo Danziger was elected on Tuesday to be the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla.
Danziger, 42, beat two incumbents—Mayor Charles Burkett by 33 votes and Vice Mayor Tina Paul by 23 votes—and garnered...
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...
Canadian Jewish group criticizes Montreal mayor for not adopting IHRA definition
A major Jewish organization in Canada expressed outrage over Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s reluctance to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism following a City Council meeting on Monday.
The Centre for Israel and...
New York mayoral candidate Yang says BDS is ‘nonviolent,’ but ‘anti-Semitic’
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said in a statement on March 19 that although he doesn’t believe the BDS movement is violent, it is anti-Semitic.
Yang told The Forward in a statement, “BDS does not...
Yang walks back tough anti-BDS stance during Muslim Democratic Club forum
Andrew Yang, the current frontrunner in the Democratic primary for New York City mayor, walked back his firm stance against the BDS movement and promised to meet with Palestinian American leaders on the issue.
“My...