Cheese Recall
WORLD CHEESE COMPANY AND MILLER’S CHEESE CORP. IN VOLUNTARY RECALL OF SHREDDED CHEESE DESPITE TESTING NEGATIVE
World Cheese Company, producer of Haolam cholov yisrael cheese...
The Case For Orthodox Female Chaplains
I often wonder what it would take to encourage women in our community to become chaplains?
Skepticism And Vigilance Animate Frum Anti-Vaxxers
"There's no nexus whatsoever between Yiddishkeit and the anti-vaccination movement," said Rabbi Kotler.
A Transatlantic Fund
The project had a dual objective: to alleviate these families’ financial woes, and to establish personal ties with them with the aim of showing that Jews in America cared.
COJO Flatbush Holds First Post-Pandemic Seniors Luncheon
“I can’t put into words how much I missed these kinds of events,” said a woman who gave her age as a young 83.
Summer-Home Residents Help Decide Fallsburg Election
Explaining why many Jewish homeowners in Fallsburg voted against Vegliante, Friedlander said, “Sometimes people are too parochial in the way they look at the issue as it pertains to them and only them. And they don’t understand the more complex picture.”
Agudah Meets With New York Lt. Governor
Even though Agudah’s main mission is to influence legislation on a state level, Benjamin talked about Israel to the group.
New Holocaust Memorial To Include History Of Jewish Resistance
The idea that the Jews went like sheep to the slaughter is absolute nonsense. Narishkeit, foolishness. The Jews did fight back.
Was Anti-Semitism In New York’s Orange County The Motive For Governor’s Veto?
Eichenstein told The Jewish Press. This was literally designed to keep Orthodox Jews out from the town. We should never bring any legislation to the floor that discriminates against any group of people.
Hochul Unveils Spending Plan For New Yorkers
I want to make one point explicitly clear: We cannot go to the people who created our problems for the solution.
International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemorated In NYS
The Holocaust did not start at the death camps, it started years before with indifference. It is important for us to recommit men to the best aspects of human nature standing up for our colleagues.
‘I Want De Blasio To Run As The Democratic Candidate For Governor’ – A...
This year Kassar, 62, is trying to advance legislation to make it easier for voters to influence policy and legislation without having to run for office.
Holocaust Studies Not Being Properly Taught In New York Schools
There is legislation on the books that every child, age 8 years and up, should get some type of Holocaust education in school, Kaplan noted. We don’t know how it’s working.
Anti-Vax Summer Camp Plans To Move Out Of New York State
Schwartz told The Jewish Press, I didn’t realize that when you try to avoid infection that’s considered discrimination. I’m used to thinking of discrimination as a social thing not as a medical thing.
Overcoming Hurdles To Obtaining Proper Care For Children With Autism
What we need to do is to figure out a mechanism to allow these people to fully participate in the community… We’ve got to teach the community about the worth of people with disabilities.
Climate Change Week A Dud For New York Legislation
We have a lot of work to do on extending producer responsibility to try to address our waste problems because certainly that’s first and foremost, Tighe emphasized.
Nominating Conventions: ‘Last Stand Time’ According To Zeldin
It's important to show up. To earn someone’s vote and it’s important to keep showing up to keep earning that support, said Zeldin, considered the presumptive party nominee for the Republicans and Conservatives.
Jews Far And Few Between At State Democratic Convention
Schumer, the only Jew on the statewide ticket, spoke about every ethnic group except his own.
Adams Announces Subway Crackdown
We need to talk about what’s involved with removal and commitment for the highest need individuals. Individuals who demonstrated they are not capable of taking care of themselves.
Political Stars Come Out For Chazaq In Queens
Adams told the Chazaq supporters what they are doing mirrors what he wants his administration to replicate. The newly-minted mayor also said that when he grew up his mother had trouble always putting a full meal on the table.
Mayor Calls Emergency Meeting On Anti-Semitism
The NYPD reported there were 43 antisemitic hate crimes handled by their units so far this year. That’s compared to just 11 cases during this time in 2021.
Religious Jews Turn Out To Support The GOP
We are a stronger party when we ride together, said Pinion. We may not agree on the things we need to do but we are united in one quest, which is to make sure we put Chuck Schumer in the retirement home of politics once and for all.
War Between Ukraine And Russia Hits Home In Nassau County
The people of Ukraine are suffering at the hands of a terrorist. Growing up in the region I know that President Putin has always been a tyrant but now he has officially lost his mind, said New York City Councilwoman Inna Vernikov (R-Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn).
GOP Courts The Jewish Vote (Continued From Last Week)
In the history of this city and state, most often the challenger against the party wins the nomination, Rudy Giuliani told The Jewish Press.
Budgeting Down To The Wire
Opponents of the current law want to give judges additional authority and discretion in setting bail for lower-level crimes.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe And Moshe Rabbeinu At 120
Tradition don’t sound as important as law and justice and the statutes. Tradition is, the Rebbe says, in his book on the Haggadah,... that tradition is sometimes even more important than law and justice and a real law.
NY State Passes $220 Billion Budget
This Agudah priority directly impacts families with children, by putting additional dollars in their pockets and helping them keep up with the costs of raising families, Weinstock wrote in a prepared news release.
It’s All About The Benjamins As Corruption Filters Into The Hochul Administration
It’s what they said about Nixon, in this case, what did she (Hochul) know and when did she know it? asked Assemblyman Eric (Ari) Brown (R-Cedarhurst, Nassau County), 54, the first Republican Orthodox Jew in the Assembly.
First Orthodox Jewish Republican Assemblyman Sworn Into Office
In Hebrew there is an expression Da lifnei mi attah omed – Look before whom you’re standing. I’m going to focus on my area when I have to work for the state. I’ll focus on my area, which is what I was elected for.
Remembering U.S. Grant On His 200th Birthday
Historians believe the way Grant wrote General Orders No. 11 it appeared he held antisemitic views since he expelled the Jews as a class.