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Marc Gronich is the award-winning government and politics reporter for The Jewish Press. He is based in Albany and covers issues across the state. He recently won first place in politics and government reporting at the AJPA Rockower Awards. You can reach him at swnsonline@gmail.com.
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By Marc Gronich
By voting to allow the speaker to appear, the library assumed liability in case the speaker’s appearance led to violence.
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What’s important now for the Jewish people is that we have to be united and one of the biggest problems we have in northern New Jersey is that we have tremendous diversity, which in a lot of cases is our strength, but right now is becoming our kryptonite, Shlufman contends.
By Marc Gronich
In 1962, the legislature created the Family Court and the Family Court Act. For the past several months, the idea of repairing the system has meandered through the New York State Bar Association, State Court of Appeals, legislative hearings, and the family court judicial community.
By Marc Gronich
The keynote speaker for the more than two-hour installation event was Henry "Hank" Greenberg, who has been traveling to various locations to talk about the devastation he saw on the ground when he visited Israel just days after the war broke out.
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One month after returning from Israel war broke out with Hamas. [Having been] in Israel before the war began puts this war in a different perspective tremendously, Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joseph Saladino told The Jewish Press.
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In New York state, acts of antisemitism are on the rise, and New York’s chief executive has stepped up with a plan to try to quell the hate, which sometimes has led to violence.
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It was one of the most intense and gripping experiences of my life. It was absolutely worth going, Greenberg said.
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Having multiple incidents every day to which they need to respond is tremendously difficult. Perhaps the most heinous examples of this are assaults.
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I’ve been to Israel on numerous occasions where we had sirens and you went into the shelter. It wasn’t like I wasn’t accustomed to it. Was I surprised? Yes. What really started to concern me was the number of rockets they were sending.
By Marc Gronich
My father’s entire rabbinic career was spent in support of the State of Israel including her government, the people, the yeshivot, the IDF [Israel Defense Forces], as well as the immigration to Israel of Jews from the Soviet Union from behind the Iron Curtain as well as Ethiopian Jews...
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We’re going to educate on what antisemitism is. We, as a people, need to be more unified.
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This is Israeli hubris. Did the Israelis feel they were invincible? Did they feel that Hamas was weak, incapable, lacking courage? That was a mistake.
By Marc Gronich
I’ve had a rough couple of years. The expression you hear a lot of is well, if it doesn’t kill you, it makes you stronger.
By Marc Gronich
Cardozo is reportedly the first Jewish person to serve on the Court of Appeals and the second Jewish jurist on the U.S. Supreme Court, behind Louis Brandeis.
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We can’t ignore this issue. We can’t pretend that this type of hatred is not out there and that these issues are not happening. These crimes are not getting the attention that they should in the media, Lewis said.
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The trip itself was just remarkable and an incredible experience. Seeing religious sites, the geography, people and learning about their political system in Israel, the threats that they face, it was very meaningful, said Senator Jake Ashby (R – Castleton, Rensselaer County).
By Marc Gronich
In an effort to keep youngsters out of trouble by giving them a safe haven to have fun, earlier this month Chazaq opened a youth center at 108-05 68 Road in Forest Hills.
By Marc Gronich
This is going to be a tough race and we can’t take anything for granted, Heastie said.
By Marc Gronich
Reynoso, the Brooklyn borough president, expressed his gratitude for the BPJCC helping in ways the government might not be able to work fast enough. He said, What the Boro Park Jewish Community Council does is take care of the people who need the most help.
By Marc Gronich
It’s really a biased investigation. It’s not the first time, by the way. For more than 10 years, some groups' primary agendas are to attack the yeshivas and to make it seem that they are terrible, they don’t provide secular education.
By Marc Gronich
Kosherpalooza is not a successor to Kosherfest. This is a totally different event. Kosherpalooza is a one-of-a-kind kosher food festival for consumers, Klein explained.
By Marc Gronich
It’s important to be at the trade show because people are trying and tasting to see how delicious this healthy food is, said Chaim Tal, president of Meant to Be.
By Marc Gronich
The record will be sealed for violent felonies, including domestic violence offenses, endangering the welfare of a child. As a former special victims’ prosecutor, I really can’t get past that, said Assemblyman John McGowan (D-Pearl River).
By Marc Gronich
Some Jews will only come to Montego Bay because they can daven and get kosher food. We have a nice crowd among those who will book their vacation where Chabad is, Raskin said.
By Marc Gronich
Eight names were added last week bringing the total to 120 names of emergency medical service technicians. Each one has a touching story relating the pain of the family the medical personnel left behind.
By Marc Gronich
Wow. It’s such an honor to get this big, big award, Chernina, 75, told The Jewish Press. The award inspires me to help more people. I don’t want to call myself a role model. The role model was my mom, Bronislava, who helped me establish the organization and helped in many other ways.
By Marc Gronich
The measure is entitled the Not on our dime!: Ending New York funding of Israeli settler violence act to prohibit not-for-profit corporations from engaging in unauthorized support of Israeli settlement activity.
By Marc Gronich
I have visited Yad Vashem many times, but every time something hits you differently, said Schumer.
By Marc Gronich
The controversial bail reform package that amended the discovery laws did not make it through to the final document, but money to help district attorneys gear up to hire more staff to reduce the backlog of cases was something she supported.
By Marc Gronich
With such strong pushback from state lawmakers, Hochul removed the $250,000 she put into the budget when the plan went down in flames.
By Marc Gronich
Wilson has chosen the Honorable Joseph Zayas for appointment as chief administrative judge for the entire court system. He is responsible for oversight of court operations, including a budget of more than $3 billion.
By Marc Gronich
For some observant Jews, organic burial brings back memories of darker days of 1940s Europe.
By Marc Gronich
The objection stems from a decision Wilson wrote in the case People v. Regan last month.
By Marc Gronich
Oiring said he wants to hear the good, the bad and the ugly from the guests at the hotel. Every hotel guest gets a customer service survey. We want to know what you are thinking, Oiring said.
By Marc Gronich
PEARLS sought a declaration that the New York Stated Education Department’s recently passed regulations conflict with governing law and are therefore null and void.
By Marc Gronich
Yeshivas don’t have an illiteracy rate. Yeshivas are places where education is emphasized significantly...
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Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, who served for more than 44 years of dedicated leadership of the Chabad movement, established more than 1500 Lubavitch Centers helping people of all walks of life throughout the world, from Australia to Africa, from Holland to Argentina and from Moscow to Jerusalem.
By Marc Gronich
We now have ID.me. The moment we got ID.me up and running, fraud began to decline. About six to eight months later we got multi-factor identification. Again, fraud immediately began to come down.
By Marc Gronich
After a 15-minute presentation by Schick, the state took its best aim to shoot down Schick’s arguments.
By Marc Gronich
We’re noticing a decrease in the head count of the police officers at the 121 and 120 precincts. We would like to have some help and support there because the more resources they have, the better it is, Fall said.
By Marc Gronich
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen sees a prime opportunity for a new venture that would coincide with the plans by city officials to redevelop the neighborhood. He wants to purchase land near Citi Field to build a casino and create a community experience.
By Marc Gronich
The party conference also included a panel discussion by four of the seven freshmen congressmen from across the state.
By Marc Gronich
According to state budget officials, foundation aid is the main education operating formula for school distribution.
By Marc Gronich
I do think the single greatest issue confronting the Legislature is rolling back some of the criminal justice laws that are extraordinarily unpopular with most of the citizens of the state and extremely dangerous. Bail reform, for example, said Kassar.
By Marc Gronich
I was honored to be able to run on the various lines I had the opportunity to run on over the years. I was proud to have Democrats and Republicans agree on me at a time of such hyper-partisanship.
By Marc Gronich
I’m proud to announce we will be investing more than one billion dollars and making critical policy changes to finally and fully meet the mental health needs of our state, Hochul said.
By Marc Gronich
New Yorkers are not happy with the direction this state is heading. More than 400,000 people have left New York in the last two years and that’s on top of one million people leaving over the last decade,” said Assembly Republican Leader William Barclay...
By Marc Gronich
During her 13-minutes of remarks, James, who is beginning her second term as the state’s legal eagle, began by commenting that the word history should be changed to herstory in honor of Governor Kathy Hochul becoming the first female chief executive in New York.
By Marc Gronich
Outside income increases the independence of legislators vis-a-vis the governor, and makes us less vulnerable to gubernatorial retaliation, argued Assemblyman Phillip Steck (D – Colonie, Albany County), a lawyer by profession.
By Marc Gronich
I’m feeling the same as when it happened in my country. I'm feeling those same voices of evil and hatred are rising up, and where are the people stopping it?
By Marc Gronich
I think I’m really hopeful about the future that we have together. I think in the Jewish community, we as Jews need to do a better job communicating with each other, Epstein said.
By Marc Gronich
People want more honest people in politics and local politics, not just people who sit there for many, many years basically doing nothing.
By Marc Gronich
When security arrived, they watched the peaceful protest instead of forcing an end to the disruption, possibly fearing litigation for intruding on First Amendment rights. The irony was not lost on the audience.
By Marc Gronich
Some longtime Kosherfest vendors, seeing the difference in this year’s show, are hoping it improves in the future.
By Marc Gronich
With the defeat of Reichlin-Melnick and Kaplan, there will be only five Jewish members in the upper house, including Brad Hoylman, Toby Ann Stavisky, Simcha Felder, Liz Krueger and Shelley Mayer.
By Marc Gronich
My administration helped secure the largest increase in funding ever for the physical security of nonprofits including synagogues and Jewish Community Centers... Biden said.
By Marc Gronich
It took me 11 years to build the African American Museum of History and Culture. Now they want me to build another two. Well, they won't get me for another 11, Bunch said.
By Marc Gronich
We don’t want to be reactive. We want to be proactive, Adams said. We know that anytime you think of the Jewish community there is no way you can ignore the fact that New York City has the largest Jewish population outside the state of Israel.
By Marc Gronich
When Zeldin pointed out how bad the economy, crime and pocketbook issues are across the state, Hochul’s only response was to call Zeldin the grim reaper.
By Marc Gronich
Maloney had a brief mention of his support for Israel because she is our ally in the Middle East. Lawler didn’t do much better. We need to work with our NATO allies and Israel to ensure the safety and well-being of the world, Lawler said.
By Marc Gronich
Even though Felder received 60 percent of the vote on the Republican line two years ago, he is still enrolled as a Democrat, with no plans to change that designation, so he can have the staff allocation and office expenses afforded elected officials in the majority party.
By Marc Gronich
Only eight of the ten Torah scrolls went to Ahavat Achim – Bavli. A ninth Torah scroll was presented to a hospital sanctuary in Islip, New York, and a tenth Torah scroll was presented to Beit Choron, which was established as a kibbutz on December 1, 1977.
By Marc Gronich
A swastika, like a noose, is very upsetting and can’t be minimized.
By Marc Gronich
Greenblatt admits the ADL only refers incidents of hate crimes and antisemitism to federal authorities such as the FBI but does not follow up to see how these cases play out in court.
By Marc Gronich
We do not expect nonpublic schools to look the same as public schools, Coughlin said. Stakeholders encouraged us to include respect for different instructional models and values, so we did.
By Marc Gronich
Regent Susan Mittler, who is Jewish, told The Jewish Press on Monday that the Board has to look at the issue from a different lens than just the ultra-Orthodox community, which is protesting the new rules and regulations.
By Marc Gronich
The grapes come in totes, known as wooden bins. From there it goes into various augers and pressers and filtration right there at crush and then it goes through a pasteurizer.
By Marc Gronich
I’m so happy it turned out well. It was a risky event. The space was massive. The comics were happy. It could have gone either way.
By Marc Gronich
She’s not stupid, she’s evil. There’s a difference. I am a victim like any other Jew at Kingsborough. It should not be about me, Lax said.
By Marc Gronich
It’s a very special day, it’s a very special month, it’s a very special 40 days. These days are days when G-d is available. It’s a day when we can connect, Karczag told the audience, not all of whom were Jewish.
By Marc Gronich
With no bodyguards present by state police nearby the stage where he spoke at the Hall of Philosophy, an executive with the Anti-Defamation League said he keeps his guard up.
By Marc Gronich
Jackson not only had to create the court from the ground up and define all the processes and the crimes but he had to actually convince people that a trial should occur.
By Marc Gronich
We collect information, literally, on threats that are emerging and help law enforcement stop them even before they happen. We collect data because people reported more than 2700 incidents to us in 2021.
By Marc Gronich
Hikind puts the blame on the district attorney offices for not prosecuting crimes of hate and instead sweeping the problem under the rug through plea bargains.
By Marc Gronich
During his lengthy career Long shaped the party and politics in New York state while operating his family-run liquor store in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn.
By Marc Gronich
he Giuliani name among Republicans, the respect and the influence, has dissipated because of the crazy role he has played with the Trump administration, Hikind said.
By Marc Gronich
When state lawmakers arrived in Albany for an extraordinary session of the Legislature, called by Governor Kathy Hochul a week after the decision was rendered, a bill was not ready for debate – costing taxpayers money unnecessarily.
By Marc Gronich
I think it’s important to understand that 58 percent of the religious-based hate crimes are against Jews out of a population of only 2 percent, said Alison Pure-Slovin, director of the Midwest Region of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, based in Chicago.
By Marc Gronich
From one of my favorite TV shows I learned that you have to go to visit the rabbi three times to show you’re serious.
By Marc Gronich
The districts were skewed so that Democrats could create a deeper foothold with their majorities and bury Republicans for decades to come.
By Marc Gronich
Gun-free zones don’t work, Zeldin agreed. They actually become a target for innocent civilians to be attacked because the person carrying out the offense knows they are going to encounter less resistance.
By Marc Gronich
Suozzi brought up the potential conflict of interest between Hochul’s husband, Bill, who is the general counsel for the company holding the vendor concession contract for the stadium, Delaware North.
By Marc Gronich
It’s always challenging taking on an incumbent, Felder told The Jewish Press. There are advantages to incumbency but people are ready for freshness, for new ideas and energy when there is a whole lot of complacency that they see right now.
By Marc Gronich
Last year, after returning from a New York delegation to Poland, I spoke on this day and I mentioned the need to take antisemitism in the United States seriously before it gets worse, Rozic said.
By Marc Gronich
Surrogate’s Court is not for the dead, it’s for the living. That is the key thing you have to keep in mind, Gingold told The Jewish Press exclusively.
By Marc Gronich
Whoever wins that race will have to battle it out again in November under the newly adopted district lines. The newly drawn district runs from the Massachusetts border to Ithaca, taking in nine counties and parts of two others.
By Marc Gronich
This breakfast goes back more than 40 years where the community relies on this event for mingling and seeing their elected officials on a yearly basis, Louis Welz, COJO CEO, told The Jewish Press.
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