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By Marc Gronich
Screeeeeeech! That was the sound across New York this past week as the coronavirus ran rampant throughout the state and life as we once knew it came to a halt, the likes of which no has ever experienced. Here are my top 10 observations since Governor Andrew Cuomo took executive actions to slow the […]
When the butcher came, people lunged at him and began grabbing meat off his tray.
By Sandy Eller
At Monsey's Yeshiva Ketana Ohr Reuven, four-year-old Tani Kahana has been davening together with his class on a video chat.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The ads feature images of individual New Yorkers, including two women, a person of color and a Chassidic man, along with the message “Jewish New Yorkers belong here. Anti-Semitism does not.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Jamaal Bowman, a progressive Democrat running to unseat incumbent Rep. Eliot Engel
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We know that education and awareness are essential in the journey towards ensuring our health and the health of our families,” said Karen Arnovitz Grinzaid, executive director of JScreen.
Addressing the deeper issues that may lay behind the recent surge in anti-Semitic violence, Barr said that strengthening religious values within society may be necessary.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Maccabees are ranked No. 24 in a listing on D3hoops.com, voted on by a panel of 25 coaches, sports-information directors and reporters.
Critics say the pendulum has swung too wide, and individuals are being released despite posing a danger to others, including some who have been accused of committing anti-Semitic crimes.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The museum visits are the second step in the new anti-hate crimes curriculum for New York City public schools introduced by city officials
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
License-plate readers will be installed on street lights, street poles, highway overpasses, mobile trailers and police squad cars.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
100 new cameras will be installed in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park. The first 30 cameras will be operational by March.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The campaign website also states that “the U.S. government needs to stop enabling conflicts by reducing aid from nations committing human rights violations,” a reference implied of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A concern, especially amid the spate of attacks against Orthodox Jews, is that those who allegedly commit nonviolent hate crimes would remain on the streets, putting the public at risk.
The Guardian Angels’ ultimate aim is to “engage Jews to get more involved, to be more vigilant – and not be as dependent on the mayor, governor, and the police,” Sliwa told The Jewish Press.
By Baruch Lytle
“Thank G-d, I had the presence of mind to go after him to his car. I got his license plate and that’s how he was caught so quickly.”
“Monsey used to be a nice, calm, quiet place, and now, not so much.”
"People are not sleeping, and they are having flashbacks to previous incidents of being attacked for “just being Jewish.”
Patrolling in Brooklyn, just like in the old days....
The community had gathered to light Chanukah candles to be followed by a Chanukah party when the machete wielding terrorist attacked them.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Eligible recipients will each get $50,000 for cameras, security training, door-hardening and other security enhancements.
Reports have emerged of intimidation and discrimination directed not only at Jewish students, but also at Jewish professors.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The gift—one of the largest focused on Jewish education the institution has ever received—will help boost undergraduate scholarships.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We are shocked and saddened about the appearance of this representation of Nazi ideology. Ironically, we learned about this symbol of hate appearing here on the same day we hosted a major public event on anti-Semitism,” the museum released in a statement.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Supporters were recorded chanting the slogan, “From the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,” which calls for the destruction of Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The ADL has failed to call out any form of anti-Semitism that isn’t borne of white supremacy, and their curriculum is more about tolerance and racism in general than it is about the unique history of anti-Semitism,” said Bryan Leib, a board member of Americans Against Anti-Semitism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Police said the 32-year-old man hit the 21-year-old victim without exchanging any words, proving that the attack was unprovoked.
The NYU department “is isolating students who support Israel by adopting and promoting a specific, one-sided narrative to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The incidents exemplify the spike in anti-Semitic hate crimes in the borough in recent months.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The teen was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated harassment.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Anti-Semitic graffiti and assaults on Jewish people also accounted for nearly 60 percent of subway hate crimes in 2019, with the highest number of them occurring in the borough of Brooklyn.
Speakers at the rally called on Congress, New York City’s Mayor Bill de Blasio, African American leaders including Al Sharpton, the media, and Jews themselves, to call out and put a stop to anti-Semitism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We have a lot of specialized units that will be out there, too. Critical response command, they’ll be out there. Some you’ll see, some you won’t,” NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill.
DOT will review the 50,000 existing notices of violation to determine which were caused exclusively by street trees and cancel the lien for any that meets the criteria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
After three attacks in recent weeks targeting visible Jews, residents and leaders are calling for greater police presence in their neighborhoods and stricter hate-crime laws.
By Sandy Eller
Requests submitted by The Jewish Press under the Freedom Of Information Law for clarifications of the proposed regulations produced conflicting answers.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“I have deleted tweets from a decade ago that are offensive. I am deeply sorry,” posted politics editor Tom Wright-Piersanti on his Twitter page, which is currently private.
Spearheading advocacy for day schools and yeshivahs was the Jewish Education Project, a partner agency of UJA-Federation of New York.
By Baruch Lytle
I ran after the guy," Perry told The Jewish Press. I told him to just give me the jacket – I don’t want to hurt you and you don’t want to hurt me.
It left a permanent mark on my conscience that we, as Americans, must be at the forefront of the fight against anti-Semitism and any other form of religious discrimination or hate.
By Baruch Lytle
Being welcomed here in America and going through the process of becoming a citizen was not only exciting; it’s something I will always hold dear.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The suspect was arrested by New York Police and charged with a hate-crime assault, harassment and criminal possession of a weapon.
By dvora
The enrollment events are a striking testament to the unmatched reach of COJO Flatbush across the city's numerous distinct communities.
By Marc Gronich
Only about 10 to 15 percent of the voters come to the polls in an off-year election when people run for local government office.
By Marc Gronich
This is the first time in the nation’s history that residential camps have been included in security grant legislation.
Schwartz asserted that he had “successfully treated some patients with [same-sex attraction] struggling to overcome this problem.”
By Baruch Lytle
I wanted to be able to deal with the situation because I thought it was unfair. That’s when I decided to become a lawyer, because I thought a lawyer would know what to say.
By Baruch Lytle
It doesn't have to be that somebody wins or somebody loses. It’s often about balance.
By Baruch Lytle
Louis is a longtime Brooklyn native, who considers herself the “real” Flatbush Girl, having grown up in the area and graduated from Midwood High School.
Eliminating the religious exemption will actually bolster New York’s commitment to religious liberty.
Agudath Israel, among others, claims the vaccination rate in Orthodox Jewish schools statewide is above the 95 percent threshold recommended by the Centers for Disease Control to establish herd immunity.
She gives a lot of her focus to young people by participating in school career days every year, Moot Court trials, summer youth programs, and panels.
We have deep roots in Brooklyn. Raising family in a borough that has offered so much support is a real privilege.
The crash happened at 787 Seventh Avenue.
This year’s breakfast was in tribute to the memory of Councilman Lew Fidler who embodied the spirit of giving back to the community.
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Danny Danon led a diplomatic delegation of UN ambassadors and diplomats from around the world who marched in the event.
“I make sure that every case, no matter how big or small, gets the same attention and care and that expected work gets done properly,” she told The Jewish Press.
Rabbis, Jewish residents and political leaders met after the antisemitic vandalism in Staten Island.
NYSED’s Office of Counsel found that Yeshiva of Spring Valley’s blanket statement that it does not accept any religious exemptions was in violation of state law.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Charges against Ali Kourani, 34, consisted of providing support to the U.S.-designated terrorist entity.
By Sandy Eller
Approximately 1,000 men and women turned out on Tuesday night at the Atrium Plaza in Monsey for what had been billed as a “highly informative night of science and discussion addressing your concerns, fears and doubts.” The flyer for the event was released just 24 hours in advance and appeared to be deliberately vague, listing […]
By Baruch Lytle
The Health Department made several visits to the school before closing it, and Mrs. Braun said the school addressed every issue the department raised.
Not having to learn the ins and outs of the job will give Louis the ability to start immediately on what she said she has already been doing for years – meeting the needs of the constituents in the 45th District.
By Marc Gronich
.Take a moment for "capital investment" and read what's going on in New York State's capital.
Rabbi Uriel Vigler was on his way to morning prayers.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon thanked the Times for the apology, but noted that “now comes the hard part.”
By Marc Gronich
Yeshivos Get A Judicial Reprieve State Supreme Court Judge Christina Ryba handed down a favorable decision for yeshivos last week, protecting the school leadership from having to adhere to unilateral oversight from the State Education Department’s local school authorities when it pertains to secular course curriculum. The 11-page guidelines were established in November. The arguments […]
“We ... reject any unproven unscientific statements that contradict all available current science-based studies on vaccinations."
By Sandy Eller
Environmentalists may be doing a happy dance after learning that New York may soon be the second state in the nation to ban single use plastic shopping bags, but reaction from many in the Jewish community is far from enthusiastic. The governor announced his plans to ban plastic bags statewide in order to reduce greenhouse […]
Tehilah Berman is running for Civil Court in the Brooklyn community she grew up in, the neighborhood in which she is raising her four sons, and where her parents still live in the house they raised her and her siblings. “I’m proud to be from Brooklyn, and thrilled my husband and I are raising our […]
By Sandy Eller
The Women’s Justice Agenda has already passed the Assembly and the Senate and Governor Cuomo has indicated that he will sign it into law.
By Joseph Aron and Shlomo Greenwald
Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday declared a public health emergency in several zip codes in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to stem a nascent measles outbreak among Orthodox Jewish children.
The proposed state bill banning fur products also lacks an exemption for religious garb.
This is Twitter. I'm not having a university debate. Somebody tweeted at me. I replied. That’s the way Twitter works.
RUOC consistently denies being anti-Semitic, but many find its Facebook posts and videos unmistakably anti-Jewish.
By Mimi Minsky
The Met Council also tackles domestic violence, citing a 20 percent increase in domestic violence over the last 12 months, as women begin to feel more comfortable in sharing their stories in this #metoo era.
Two of the attackers have been arrested, the third is still on the run.
New York State passed the Reproductive Health Act Legislation, which expanded the state’s abortion laws.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A year after opening its first store in Brooklyn, N.Y., Bingo Wholesale opened its second store in the heavily Orthodox, kashrut-observant community of Lakewood, N.J.
The police have placed 10-15 more policemen on the street every day – but attacks on Jews keep on occurring.
By Marc Gronich
Also of note, entering the next legislative session, there will be a record number of Jewish state lawmakers: 30 in total or 14% of both houses.
By Sandy Eller
The New York State Education Department issued clarifications to the lengthy, and sometimes, vague educational guidelines it had released on November 20.
Nine charedi Rockland County schools were fined a combined $80,000 last week for failing to comply with the Rockland County Department of Health (RCDOH) amidst an ongoing measles outbreak.
By Sandy Eller
While State Orders Private Schools to Beef up Secular Curriculum, Official Regents Data Shows Public Schools Lagging Behind Yeshivas.
The final tally, which was conducted by a secret ballot, was 35 votes in favor, 14 against and 14 abstentions. The BDS measure was backed by 51 campus groups and 34 faculty members.
By Sandy Eller
The directive, issued last week by Rockland County Health Commissioner Dr. Patricia Schnabel Ruppert, went into effect on November 5th.
By Marc Gronich
The only candidate to support the move was Faso, who also took exception to Delgado’s remark about Israel not being a Jewish democracy.
I think there are many issues we can work together to solve, and I think getting too deep into culture wars is not conducive to that.
September 4, 2026 
