Tag: New York
Long Beach synagogue honors local police with Labor Day barbecue
For the third consecutive year, the Jewish community of Long Beach and Lido Beach on Long Beach Barrier Island in New York have shown their appreciation for the Long Beach Police Department and Nassau...
Upstate New York mosque issues apology for guest imam’s anti-Jewish rant
A mosque in Rockland County, N.Y., issued an apology this week after a guest cleric called for Allah to “destroy the Zionist Jews” and “liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque” in the course of delivering an...
Georgian national charged with plot to give poison candy to Jewish kids in NY
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian national with neo-Nazi ties and whose aliases include “Commander Butcher,” was indicted for soliciting hate crimes and acts of mass violence, per a federal grand jury indictment on Monday.
The 20-year-old alleged leader...
Israeli envoy in NY: West at risk of ‘radical Muslim occupation’
Ofir Akunis was solidly entrenched in the Knesset, serving in his 15th year as a lawmaker. The popular Likud figure—formerly a party spokesman and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu—had held a number of ministerial roles...
Hochul provides nearly $2.9 million to Jewish organizations supporting refugees
A $20 million initiative in New York will support community and faith-based organizations providing services for refugees.
“New York State has a proud history of welcoming those displaced by violence or fleeing persecution with open arms,” Gov....
Politicians must ‘stop being tone-deaf’ to kitchen-table issues, says Hochul
Asked in an interview on Sunday’s “State of the Union” program on CNN if she thinks Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) ought to be accusing George Latimer—his opponent in Tuesday’s primaries—of supporting Israeli genocide, New York Gov. Kathy...
New York and Maryland school districts face Title VI federal investigations
The U.S. Department of Education announced investigations into reports of alleged bigotry in violation of Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act at the Commack School District in Commack, N.Y., and Dorchester County Public Schools...
Bowman and Latimer fight over Israel, AIPAC in final debate for NY-16
Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) and Westchester County Executive George Latimer traded blows over Israel and AIPAC in their final debate for the Democratic nomination to represent New York’s 16th Congressional District on Tuesday.
The race...
As antisemitic mobs attack, Jewish leaders call to ban masks in New York
New York is seeing calls to prohibit masks and implement a mask ban similar to the kind that helped combat the Ku Klux Klan decades ago.
With the number of antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents sharply...
Jewish population of Greater New York reaches 1.4 million
Almost 1.4 million people in the Greater New York Area identified as Jewish in 2023, according to a study by UJA-Federation of New York.
The Jewish Community Study of New York 2023 covers the five...