יום שלישי, כ״ו אלול תשפ״וTuesday, September 8, 2026
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By Marc Gronich
"This legislation provides a needed and thoughtful step in the right direction for East Ramapo schools and, most importantly, for students,” wrote State Education Commissioner Dr. Betty Rosa in a prepared statement.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
An operational team of Unit 9900, of the Intelligence Division, built a computerized three-dimensional model that mapped the building that collapsed, thus streamlining the process of locating the bodies in the building.
By Marc Gronich
Congressman Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley, Suffolk County) has been crowned the GOPs presumptive gubernatorial nominee to lead the statewide ticket next November.
By Marc Gronich
We are not talking about a significant increase and we’re talking about something that is going to make a meaningful difference in the lives of thousands of kids around New York and their families. … The current system is not working.
Police were sent to several synagogues in the area.
“The Flatbush Jewish community, our leadership, residents, yeshivah leaders, parents and business owners all agree that, for our community, the No. 1 issue in the election was public safety,” said community leader Chaskel Bennett.
New York Attorney General Letitia James: “The discriminatory and illegal actions perpetrated by Orange County and the Town of Chester are blatantly anti-Semitic, and go against the diversity, inclusivity and tolerance that New York prides itself on.”
By Marc Gronich
The state capitol and the Albany government complex have been open to the public, but state workers have not returned to their offices full time across the state.
By Marc Gronich
Ortt also focused his remarks on the lack of public safety legislation being passed in the Senate.
Across the globe, people from all walks of life came together on Sunday to mark the 27th anniversary of the passing of the Lubavitcher Rebbe.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The group allegedly knocked Joseph Borgen to the ground and then punched, kicked, pepper-sprayed and beat him with crutches while making anti-Semitic remarks.
The leadership of the Satmar Chasidim in New York announced that they are backing of Brooklyn Borough president Eric Adams for mayor after previously endorsing his closest competitor former Democratic mayoral candidate Andrew Yang.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The money will help increase supply to a food pantry for low-income New Yorkers; provide Jewish summer-camp scholarships for children impacted by COVID-19; and create a center for preschoolers who need physical, occupational and speech therapy.
By Marc Gronich
“We are in a state of recovery – not emergency – and it’s time New Yorkers are able to return to their daily routines and a sense of normalcy,” said Assembly Republican Leader Will Barclay (R – Pulaski, Oswego County).
By Marc Gronich
With his 80 percent support, Zeldin will not have to circulate nominating petitions next year in order to be on the ballot.
By Marc Gronich
‘A fence would deter people from coming to shul… We need to figure out how to be safe in an open way and be proud Jews living in the community we live.’
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Haider Anjam, 20, and Ashan Azad, 19, were taken into custody on charges of harassment and aggravated harassment as a hate crime.
I think my chances are very high. This district is a very conservative district – 65 percent voted for President Trump. I am a Russian speaker, and there’s a very large Russian Jewish demographic in this district.
By Marc Gronich
There have been 63 assaults on Jewish men since the beginning of this year, three more than the same period last year.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The only kosher pizza place in the neighborhood, across the street where I go to synagogue, has been vandalized. This is happening everywhere.”
By Israel Hayom
The demonstration, one of 15 organized nationwide, comes after weeks of antisemitic attacks across the U.S. in the wake of the Israel-Gaza conflict.
Over the past few weeks, we have reported several major anti-Semitic attacks in New York City.
When the men were locked out of the shul, they tore off the side mirror of a parked car.
“I stand against apartheid because I believe that all people deserve to live under equal rights, regardless of ethnicity or religion,” said Phara Souffrant Forrest.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The bill was supported by J Street and IfNotNow.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Change the no-bail laws or New York may become the next Paris!"
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Five civilian leaders have joined, including Devorah Halberstam, whose teenage son was shot and killed in an anti-Semitic attack in 1994.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I’m ready to go all-in on this mission and bring New York back from the brink and return it to glory,” said the congressman from Long Island.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Pitching at Yankee Stadium felt pretty good. This time, it was better because there were fans. It was definitely an experience.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Andrew Yang was asked to clarify his stance on the BDS movement following conflicting remarks he made at a forum on March 18 that was hosted by Emgage, a Muslim-American advocacy organization.
By Marc Gronich
This situation cannot and should not be resolved in the press; I believe the best way to get to the truth is through a full and thorough outside review and I am directing all state employees to comply with that effort.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang said he has an issue with organizations that don’t disavow “very, very violent tactics” towards Israel, though he doesn’t have an issue with individuals or activists “making a case for what they think is right.”
By Marc Gronich
Personally, I have thankfully never received the governor’s wrath. In fact, I feel I have had a welcoming relationship with the Cuomo family.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Surveillance footage shows a suspect drawing a swastika on a “private property” sign at the Rego Park Jewish Center in Queens, N.Y.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
They will now return to the 50-percent-capacity limit that was in place before the New York governor’s zone plan.
By Marc Gronich
When you read this column, you can swap out the word “Asian” for “Jewish” and the meaning will be felt as though the resolution was written for our community.
By Marc Gronich
We are hurt, we are frustrated, we are in mourning, we are anxious. We are shocked that an invisible enemy could wreak such death and destruction, especially in this, the wealthiest and the most powerful nation on earth.
By Marc Gronich
When it comes to a safety first mantra, Barclay, 51, speaks from first-hand experience.
By Marc Gronich
Looking ahead to 2021, I predict state lawmakers will remain in their districts and conduct business virtually, relying on staff and conference leaders to do their bidding for them with the governor.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Division of Human Rights is expected to hold a virtual forum for families discuss the incident and learn about resources to combat hate.
By Baruch Lytle
An old, heavy coffee-table transformed into a beautiful dreidel-shaped menorah stand now sits not far from the bimah at the shul where, one year ago, a terrorist stormed into the house of the community’s Rabbi hoping to kill as many Jews as he could.
Williamsburg actually seems to have the lowest death rate of any frum neighborhood.
By Marc Gronich
To help get the city’s fiscal house in order, Weprin wants to reinstate the commuter tax, which he wants to rename a non-resident income tax, and set at a rate higher than one half of one percent.
Chris Ruddy, CEO and majority owner of Newsmax, told The Jewish Press that he has tried numerous times to get RCN to carry his channel but has not been successful.
Malliotakis has called for forming a “freedom squad” to counter fellow New Yorker Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her axis in Congress, and to fight BDS.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Republican New York State Assembly Member Nicole Malliotakis got 57.9 percent of the vote; Rose, a Democrat, received 42.1 percent.
By Marc Gronich
What we don’t want to do is have people working in New York but not physically living in New York and as a result we lose that tax base. We have to be careful and delicate.
The governor is contributing directly to the spread of the virus of anti-Semitism. There’s no two ways about it. We see it, we hear it, we know it.
By Marc Gronich
The governor keeps telling anyone who will listen how close his father and he have been toward members of the Orthodox Jewish community for more than 30 years. The governor has to understand what was true once may not be true today.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jewish leaders and groups, specifically the ultra-Orthodox community, have sharply criticized the two leaders for their enforcement of coronavirus restrictions amid a spike in cases.
The Vaccination Program prioritizes vaccination recipients based on science, clinical expertise, and public health.
Carr: New York’s governor and mayor could have handled the situation far better with communities wanting to “worship and attend funerals.”
As Governor Cuomo shuts down schools in Brooklyn, Orthodox Jews feel unfairly targeted.
By Marc Gronich
During a Tuesday news conference, the governor said he deeply respects and has close ties to the Orthodox Jewish community that go back more than 30 years. Cuomo said the crackdown results from love and respect for Orthodox Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Osman Butt, 25, was charged with burglary and criminal mischief for allegedly breaking windows of the Shore Parkway Jewish Center.
Whether synagogues or “whether talking about black churches or Roman Catholic Churches, the community must agree to the rules,” insisted New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Tischler told The Jewish Press that the city’s intent in holding the press conference in Boro Park (on 18th Ave. and 56th St.) was “to embarrass us.”
By Marc Gronich
If you look at those clusters and you look at those zip codes, you will see there’s an overlap with large Orthodox Jewish communities. That is a fact.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Shulem Lemmer will be interviewing U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir to gain more information to pass on to areas in New York that are seeing a rise in cases.
By Marc Gronich
When U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on Friday, September 18, at her home in Washington, D.C., it was just around the time of shkiah – the beginning of Rosh Hashanah and Shabbos.
It was the day that changed America. It won't be the same again.
By Marc Gronich
The State University of New York’s College at Oneonta in the northern Catskills has been shut down for the next two weeks by the Chancellor of the State University system due to an outbreak of coronavirus on campus. Students and faculty returned to campus on Sunday, August 23. Since then, instead of registering for classes, […]
September begins the seventh month of the COVID-19 emergency food relief at Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. It will also be the beginning of a concerted effort to modernize the breadline. Due to the unprecedented 500% increase in demand since the start of the pandemic, the breadlines have been snaking around the block with hundreds of […]
Nassau County Police found that Nicola Pelle had five handguns, a number of rifles and shotguns, including two assault weapons.
Claire Shulman was the first woman to become the Queens Borough President.
By Marc Gronich
I have viewed my stature in Albany through the lens of how that helps me deliver for the people in my district, Myrie told The Jewish Press.
By Marc Gronich
The Department still has not revealed the number of people who were transferred from nursing homes to hospitals and then died there, Gottfried said.
By Marc Gronich
The problem is Mitch McConnell. He’s been unwilling to allow debate on any amount of state and local funding.
The march was declared to show support for Black Women.
By Marc Gronich
There are free borders, Potosek said. The governor made that pretty clear. We’re not restricting travel.
Governor Cuomo threatened to reverse bars and restaurant openings if overcrowding there continued.
By Marc Gronich
They (the camp directors) are all disappointed that the kids are losing out and it’s sort of a mission for them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
According to the NYPD, “two men punched the victim in the head” after yelling anti-Semitic slurs at him on a Saturday.
The program pairs psychologists and therapists who are part of the PCRU in Israel with frontline workers in the US for a completely anonymous and free session.
The lies the soon-to-be two-term representative from the Bronx and Queens is spewing are so obvious, she seems to have a hard time convincing herself.
The victim was walking home from a Shabbat meal when a vehicle with three men identified as Hispanic passed by him.
The increase in Jewish school enrollment last year is the slowest that it has been in a while and reflects a mass exodus to New Jersey, says Yossi Gestetner, a co-founder of OJPAC.
By Marc Gronich
The case has has morphed into whether the governor has the constitutional right to issue the executive order closing down overnight camps this summer.
By Marc Gronich
Schick also told the court that in a sleep away situation campers are in an insular bubble having no contact with others from outside the confines of the campgrounds.
A mother and her three children missed being hit by just a few seconds.
By Marc Gronich
These health and safety protocols would render overnight camps considerably safer than the exempted mass protests as they relate to the transmission of COVID-19.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is “accelerating” the process, but at 25 percent capacity and only in areas that have entered “phase 2” of the state’s reopening from the coronavirus shutdown.
There have been numerous inquiries about going to the Mikvah or to a Minyan for Maariv...
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It comes after New York Mayor Bill de Blasio upset many with a series of tweets about hundreds gathered in the Williamsburg neighborhood for the funeral of a respected rabbi.
By Sandy Eller
His lack of leadership during the critical early days makes him indirectly responsible for having killed many New Yorkers.
The Mayor committed to talk with his team to discuss whether or not taking down the tweet is the right thing to do.
In response to the criticism of his handling of social distancing guidelines as applied to Jews, de Blasio said that he had a number of conversations with Jewish community leaders.
While some rabbis have banned the porch minyan on various grounds, week upon week of staying home has started to wear people down, and the phenomenon has increased.
By Marc Gronich
Kicking off this week, Cuomo declared in his daily affirmation, “What we do today will determine what happens tomorrow.”
Schick, whose writings appeared in The Jewish Press, founded the National Jewish Commission on Law and Public Affairs (COLPA) in 1965, and served as its first president.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“It’s not a happy announcement, but it’s one we have to make,” said New York Mayor Bill de Blasio.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Antibody levels will be studied by medical professionals from Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.
By Chabad.org
“I’m sorry,” he told the shocked family. “We took out the wrong casket. Please wait while I return this casket and bring out Mr. Grunwald.”
September 4, 2026 
