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Important New York legislators came out against the Iran Nuclear Deal: Senator Chuck Schumer and Cong. Eliot Engel.
Yesterday's count had four Congressional Democrats coming out against the Iran Nuclear Deal. But since yesterday, that number has nearly doubled. And, amazingly, the latest three are all Jewish members of Congress. That's a surprise because in their effort to appear impartial, many Jews in public office bend over backwards to avoid the appearance that they are […]
New York Democratic Congresswoman Kathleen Rice will vote against the Iran deal.
Former liberal Democratic New York Congressman Gar Ackerman has come out four-square against the nuclear deal with Iran, Ackerman, who was New York City's 7th District Congressman for 30 years until 2013 and is 72 years old, has joined the advisory board of Citizens for a Nuclear Free Iran. He stated Friday: While I have […]
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The plaintiff allege that a building manager told them to “Go somewhere else if you don’t like it.”
"The deal before us now is simply too dangerous for the American people."
The negative feelings went beyond Jewish lawmakers. They include non-Jewish lawmakers who represent Jewish constituencies.
Yesterday's agreement should be an opportunity for most GOP presidential candidates to show up.
Vile antisemitism in a school district 90 miles from NYC led to a multi-million dollar settlement.
By JNi.Media
Noting that 7/11 (2015) fell on Shabbat this year, some 7-Eleven stores extended their free Slurpee tradition for an additional day.
By JNi.Media
Katz’s Deli, a Lower East Side institution since 1888, has issued a statement in memory of its departed chef.
The funeral for Rabbi Yekutiel Menachem Rapp is to pass by 770 Eastern Parkway Tuesday at 3:45 pm ET.
“The mandated services program is a key funding source that helps non-public schools meet their bottom lines. We welcome this new funding.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
New York follows Indiana, Illinois and Tennessee to condemn BDS.
Former Mayor Michael Bloomberg has donated the foundation carrying his name is donating $100 million towards a $2 billion the Cornell Tech campus on Roosevelt Island, which is being developed with Israel's Technion University. The new campus is scheduled to open in 2017 and move from the small and temporary location since the Cornell-Technion project […]
ADL's Foxman slams Israelis as ingrates and believes they don't understand their existential threat the way he does.
By Marc Gronich
After spending a day lobbying lawmakers in Albany, at least one person came away from several meetings less than enthusiastic about the prospects of this bill passing.
Despite the torrential rains, this year's Israel Day Concert in Central Park was a huge success.
“We have an extraordinary tie between the city of New York and the state of Israel,” the mayor told reporters. “Protecting the future of Israel is something so many New Yorkers care deeply about.”
Israeli Consul General refutes UJA president's claim that government insists NIF march in Celebrate Israel parade.
Former New York Gov. George Pataki is the latest Republican to throw his hat in the crowed GOP ring of presidential hopefuls. He declared his candidacy in a video post Thursday morning and touted his actions as governor following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “We need to recapture that spirit, that sense that we are one […]
By Marc Gronich
“I think things were going very well under Senator Skelos, so I don’t think Senator Flanagan’s ascension to the leadership was a referendum on Senator Skelos,” Felder told The Jewish Press after the vote.
NYC's UJA-Federation leadership was criticzed for allowing groups that support economic sanctions against Israel to again march in the Celebrate Israel Parade.
Ostensibly Jewish "leaders" are protecting and promoting those engaged in economic and legal warfare against the Jewish State.
Special needs artists showed their talent at Jewish Children's Museum on Mother's Day in New York.
Brian Moore is the 5th NYPD cop to be shot in the past 5 months.
The NYC transit system has banned all political advertising. An anti-Jihad ad series was the impetus for its move.
The Brooklyn neighborhood of Borough Park holds the record for the highest birth rate in New York City in 2013.
By Marc Gronich
“If we put money in health, we can’t put money in education,” Flanagan recalls hearing from the opponents.
The 2-day real estate event will take place in Brooklyn on April 26 and 27.
Schumer puts a nail in the Iran deal coffin: 'Congress must be allowed to disapprove it.'
A family. 7 Children. An indescribable tragedy. How do they go on? How do we react? And what lessons are we supposed to learn?
The children were laid to rest in Jerusalem earlier Monday evening.
"Each one is a flower in God's garden" - Chief Rabbi David Lau.
The fire, caused by the Shababt Blech, swept through the house while the family slept.
By Marc Gronich
Most senators, the governor, and religious groups are in favor of the tax credit citing it equals the playing field for tuition-paying parents who also incur public education school tax bills.
Two Islamic holidays have officially been added to the New York City public school calendar, closing schools on those days starting next year.
NYC Councilman Greenfield stood his ground and walked into the consulate with his kippa on his head.
New York City's food cart turf wars are tough enough without trying to turn them into the Middle East conflict.
By Marc Gronich
You have to give Silver credit. He is standing up to the prosecution where others immediately folded like a house of cards.
NYC Celebrate Israel Parade director claims errors in JewishPress.Com article
NY's Celebrate Israel Parade new guidelines barring BDS advocates doesn't actually bar BDS advocates.
Ex-NYPD cop sues for anti-Semitism, - including Nazi and "oven" jokes - in the police force.
The parents of two of three Israeli teens kidnapped and murdered by Hamas last summer will join a UJA-Federation of New York Jewish Unity event Thursday. Also appearing at the event will be Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Emeritus Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom. Racheli Fraenkel, the mother of Naftali […]
If two inches of snow is enough to shut down New York, what happens when two feet fall?
Israel's president met in NY with the parents of lone soldiers who died during Operation Protective Edge
NY Councilman Greenfield exposes anti-Zionists as Anti Semites: "They are upset because Hitler didn't finish the job."
The waning interest of young Jews in committing themselves either to activism on behalf of the Jewish State or to commitment to observing and learning about their own religion has been a recurrent theme in recent years. One rabbi decided he was going to take a fresh, creative approach to the problem. Rabbi Yosef Wilhelm of […]
Radical groups protested a JCRC.UJA-sponsored trip of NYC politicians to Israel.
Streit's supplies 40% of US domestic-made Matzos.
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind and Councilman David Greenfield had called on Jews to attend Liu’s funeral.
El Al flight to NY cancelled Monday morning due to labor dispute; weather about to play havoc for Israeli air travel.
NY Congressman resigns after pleading guilty to tax evasion.
By JTA
New York State Assemblyman Dov Hikind called on the Jewish community to attend the funeral of an assassinated New York police officer. “The brave men and women of the NYPD risk their lives every day to protect us. We value them and stand with them,” Hikind, a Democrat who represents Brooklyn, said in a statement […]
Don’t mess with these Jews.
JetBlue providing free flights to officers to attend slain NYC cop's funeral. Charities also step up.
“All the News to Print that Fits Our Agenda”
Rosenblatt and several Jewish residents of the neighborhood visited the station on the seventh night of Chanukah to show their support after the murder Saturday of two police officers in neighboring Bedford-Stuyvesant.
By Rachel Levy
NYPD is pulling detectives off homicides and other investigations to broaden security of protests across the city.
Bloomberg Philanthropies has announced that Jerusalem and Tel Aviv-Yafo are the first non-U.S. cities selected to participate in the $45 million expansion of its Innovation Teams program. The program aims to improve the capacity of City Halls to effectively design and implement new approaches that improve citizens’ lives by relying on data, open innovation, and […]
By JTA
The ‘homely’ ancient rock, discovered in 1993, adds evidence of King David’s existence.
Footage clearly shows that police did not use excessive violence.
Police shot the attacker.
By JTA
A 10-year-old Brooklyn Haredi girl was killed and her mother, nine months pregnant, was injured when they were hit by a minivan while crossing the street in the Borough Park neighborhood. The mother, Sarah Friedman, was taken to the hospital, where she delivered a healthy baby girl — her fifth child — on Tuesday night. […]
The American liberal Jewish guilty conscience always plays itself out to identify with those who are not Jewish.
Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, whose son Andrew is current governor, was hospitalized for a heart condition Saturday night. The elder Cuomo, now 82, served three terms in office. “He is in good spirits and thanks everyone for their support and best wishes,” the office of his son Andrew said in a statement on […]
The NYPD has increased security for NYC synagogues in the wake of the Har Nof massacre.
By JTA
New York police have arrested a 23-year-old Brooklyn man was arrested for assaulting an Orthodox Jewish couple in Manhattan this summer. A police department spokesman confirmed to JTA that Mustafa Mashni was charged with assault, as first reported on the Jpupdates website. The victims, in their 20s, were walking on the Upper East Side at […]
By Marc Gronich
After this most recent election, there are four fewer Jewish members of the Assembly.
The New York Times and Haaretz are literally on the same page on yet another level.
By JTA
The Beth Din of America, one of the preeminent rabbinic courts of North America, is preparing to add a female board member, Dr. Michelle Friedman, the founder and chair of the Department of Pastoral Counseling at New York’s Yeshivat Chovevei Torah (YCT). Founded in 1999, Yeshivat Chovevei Torah is a modern Orthodox rabbinical seminary that […]
By JTA
Another old-school New York Jewish institution is about to fall victim to gentrification.
Macy's still sells Ahava, so dropping SodaStream was not a political decision.
The new case of a 5-year-old makes it more difficult to fight NY and NJ quarantine policies.
Officials preach calm but are frantically trying tracing every step the doctor took in the city.
By JTA
New York State Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz criticized the decision to not charge the suspect with a hate crime.
Giuliani to keynote Klinghoffer opera's opening night press conference and protest rally
After a fit of vomiting, a 63 year old man died on a flight from Nigeria to JFK on Thursday.
A group of 50 to 75 teenage hooligans entered a Jewish-owned grocery store, Gourmet Butcher, and trashed it.
By JTA
The official exchange rate is one dollar per point.
By JTA
A “wandering Sukkah” catches up with wandering Jews.
The “Shomrim” security squad tracked own the suspect.
By JTA
Anti-Israel thug proves once again how not to achieve co-existence.
By JTA
He admits he should have used nicer words to say the same thing.
By JTA
The “perfect” etrog actually has one big non-Halachic blemish – it is not grown in Israel.
Former Met Opera patron uses funds earmarked for opera to fund protest against it in response to Klinghoffer opera.
Anti-Semitic? Of course not. He loves Jews who are anti-Zionists.
The elderly driver was trying to pull out of his parking spot, when he ended up reversing into the supermarket.
Thousands of people protested outside of the Metropolitan Opera for staging an anti-Semitic opera.
By JTA
A seniors’ tennis team from New York is going to a court of law to keep from playing a tournament on Shabbat.
ConEd has created a series of multilingual gas safety videos for New Yorkers.
By JTA
New York City police are investigating the distribution of fliers marked with swastikas in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Despite the vote's difficult timing for observant Jews, a number of pro-Israel groups also turned out to support CUNY students and faculty who opposed the resolution.
Smitherman has witnessed firsthand both how damaging income inequality has been to the poor and how it negatively impacts families and communities.
“It was embarrassing to be asked, Why is Egypt right now a better ally than America? Why is Israel doing more than the U.S. to protect Israel?”
Never forget that anti-Semitism cannot happen in the largely Jewish-populated Upper East Side of New York, right? Never forget.
Pro-Hamas activists hung a 200 foot PA flag from the Brooklyn Bridge.
5 boys got lost after leaving their Catskills camp for a hike....
September 11, 2026 
