Tag: New York City
Bronx synagogues remain on high alert amid spate of anti-Semitic vandalism
Law enforcement has stepped up its presence in front of Jewish institutions in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, N.Y., as detectives from the New York Police Department’s 50th precinct and its NYPD Hate Crimes...
April 22, 1964: New York City’s third World’s Fair opened on this date
New York City’s third World’s Fair opened on this date in Flushing Meadow in 1964. A key figure in the feasibility study that brought the fair to New York was Victor Gruen, an Austrian-born...
Aide for New York city council candidate says Upper West Side ‘too Jewish and...
The campaign manager for a Democratic New York City Council candidate said last week that Manhattan’s Upper West Side is too white and Jewish, the New York Post reported.
Quinn Mootz, who is Jewish, serves as campaign...
Twenty-One Israeli unicorns now call New York City home
Following a flurry of investment activity in recent months, New York is now home to 21 Israeli-founded unicorns—privately held companies valued at $1 billion or more—according to the United States-Israel Business Alliance. Each of...
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...
Two statues in New York City honor late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Two statues honoring the late Jewish Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg are being unveiled in her home city of New York.
A bronze statue of Ginsburg in Central Park will be unveiled on Friday,...
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...
Federal court rules against Cuomo’s limitations on capacity at houses of worship
Brooklyn’s District Court ruled on Tuesday against an executive order by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo enforcing capacity limits on houses of worship in areas with high COVID-19 cases.
The advocacy organization Agudath Israel and...
Confederate flag is found tied to door of Jewish museum in New York City
A Confederate flag was discovered tied to the front door of the Museum of Jewish Heritage–A Living Memorial to the Holocaust in New York City early Friday morning.
The museum, located in Battery Park City...
Brawl erupts at ‘Jews for Trump’ event in NYC
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani was attacked by a mob of anti-Trump activists on Sunday during a pro-Trump rally in Manhattan.
According to reports, members of the far-left Antifa movement gathered at the...