Tag: New York
COVID-19 and the Jewish elderly: Report from Miami, Pittsburgh and New York
As America’s battle with the novel coronavirus has raged America’s Jewish community has suffered its share of losses, particularly early on when COVID-19 swept through the boroughs of New York City and Upstate New...
New York’s ‘The Jewish Week’ to move to digital publication
The New York Jewish Week is putting its print edition on hiatus, announced the 145-year-old publication on Tuesday.
The last print edition is scheduled for July 31.
Print news has struggled for years as technology takes over, and the...
Engel faces toughest race yet, he says, with concerns about Mideast policy in mind
Rep. Eliot Engel (D-N.Y.) said the New York primary next week—what he’s calling “the toughest race” he has faced yet—involves more than just fighting to keep his congressional seat.
“We’re battling for the heart and soul of...
Three New York Orthodox Jews sue Cuomo, de Blasio over coronavirus restrictions
Three Orthodox Jews have filed a lawsuit against New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, New York Attorney General Letitia James and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio in federal court, alleging civil-rights violations of...
New York state allows opening of some synagogues, though not in five boroughs
New York Gov. Mario Cuomo announced that congregations can return to their houses of worship this week in most of New York State, though New York City residents will have to wait a bit...
June 11: The 40-Hour Week
The 12,000-strong New York Furriers’ Union, a heavily Jewish union led by the hard-hitting Ben Gold, ended a half year of striking, lock-outs, police brutality, and red-baiting to win a contract on this date...
טויזנטער פֿרומע ייִדן שענקען פּלאַזמע צו העלפֿן די קאָראָנאַ־געליטענע
לאַנג איידער ס׳רובֿ מענטשן האָבן אָנגעהויבן רעדן וועגן בלוטפּלאַזמע, האָט ד׳׳ר שמואל שוהם זיך שוין געכאַפּט, אַז דאָס בלוט פֿון די, וואָס האָבן זיך אויסגעהיילט פֿונעם קאָראָנאַ־ווירוס, וואָלט געקענט העלפֿן די פּאַציענטן, וואָס זענען...
Judge rules Monsey machete-attack suspect deemed unfit for federal trial
The suspect accused of the Dec. 28 machete attack at a home and prayer hall known as Rabbi Rottenberg’s Shul in Monsey, N.Y., injuring five of the 100 or so celebrants at a Hanukkah candle-lighting party...
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Covid-19 hits Haredim in Israel, N.Y., N.J., and Florida
It must be a bad dream – the spectacle of police in New York City and Lakewood, N.J., breaking up Orthodox Jewish funerals.
What was a mitzvah a few months ago has morphed into a...
More than 8,500 Passover meals delivered to vulnerable New Yorkers for Passover
In time for the first Passover seder on April 8, UJA-Federation of New York is providing more than 8,500 free Passover seder meals and seder kits to more than 4,000 of the most vulnerable...