Tag: New York City
Matisyahu, ‘Flash’ star Ezra Miller pitch (matzah) ball at New York’s Citi Field
Jewish rapper Matisyahu threw the ceremonial first pitch at New York’s Citi Field so far off the field that only a superhero would have been able to catch it.
And one actually attempted to ...
Matisyahu...
New York City subway attacker pleads guilty to antisemitic hate crime
A New Yorker who assaulted and berated a Chassidic Jew in 2021 on a New York subway has accepted responsibility for his antisemitic actions.
Bradley Werner pleaded guilty to a hate crime earlier this week, reported The Forward....
‘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...
Agudath Israel: ‘Invaluable’ to talk antisemitic attacks, zoning with New York AG
The American Jewish Committee’s 2022 State of Antisemitism in America Report found that 89% of U.S. Jews think that antisemitism is a problem stateside, and 41% felt less safe than in the prior year. According to...
Mural honoring Hungarian-American responsible for saving 3,000 Jews debuts in New York City
In New York City, antisemites graffiti the walls with Jew-hatred. This Sunday, though, locals strolling through the SoHo neighborhood saw something else: A mural paying tribute to a man responsible for saving the lives...
Jew accused of threatening NYC synagogue is grandson of a Holocaust survivor
One of the two men accused of planning to attack an unspecified synagogue in New York City is Jewish and the grandson of a Holocaust survivor, his counsel said in court on Saturday.
Matthew Mahrer,...
Famous Israelis team with wounded combat vets to bring PTSD out in the open
Sixty of Israel’s leading politicians, entrepreneurs and social activists teamed up with injured Israeli combat veterans and for a special photographic exhibition, opening Thursday night in New York City. The project features participation from Israeli...
NY mayor says federal intervention welcome to help fight hate crimes against Jews
New York Mayor Eric Adams said Monday that he would welcome federal intervention to help fight the city’s wave of anti-Semitic hate crimes.
Adams held a roundtable discussion at City Hall with a number of...
Erel Margalit’s Jerusalem Venture Partners launches a climate tech center in New York City
Erel Margalit wants to change the way the world thinks about the climate. The high-tech and social entrepreneur says it’s time to put an Israeli twist on the topic.
“We want you to stop thinking...
Hate-crime charges filed against protester who beat Jewish man in New York
A Palestinian activist has been charged with a hate crime by federal prosecutors for attacking a Jewish man following a rally in April in New York City, the New York Post reported on Thursday.
Saadah Masoud of Brooklyn, N.Y., allegedly assaulted...