This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish community in New York state, home to the most Jews of any U.S. state.
See also: New York City
This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish community in New York state, home to the most Jews of any U.S. state.
See also: New York City
Since the 2016 presidential election, swastikas have been more prevalent in New York and New Jersey, Gothamist reported. From 2016 to 2018, swastika vandalism rose 76 percent, according to the New York City Police Department. It also noted there was a notable increase after the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting in October. The hate symbols have been…
As the government shutdown reaches its fourth week, the Flushing Jewish Community Council in Queens, New York, has started feeding federal employees and their families, donating boxes of food items and hot dinners, Queens News and Community (QNS) reported. The council is distributing food at a local synagogue, Temple Beth Sholom. Paul Engel, executive director…
Carol Channing, a Broadway legend who racked up more than 5,000 lifetime performances, including 4,500 as the title character — Dolly Levi — of the musical “Hello, Dolly!” died Tuesday at her California home. She was 97. Her death came after suffering two strokes last year, the New York Times reported. Channing was world famous…
(JTA) — The Southern Poverty Law Center and a major Reform synagogue in New York have disassociated themselves from this year’s Women’s March. Top leaders of the main organization have been accused of engaging in or condoning anti-Semitism, of not cutting ties with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and of failing to heed the…
(JTA) — A Jewish man was attacked by a group of teenage black males in Crown Heights. The young man, 19, was “violently assaulted,” Collive reported, and is being investigated by the New York Police Department in conjunction with the Hate Crimes Task Force. One member of the group of teens approached the Jewish man…
(JTA) — An Orthodox Jewish couple from New York said that a Spirit Airlines attendant harassed them on a flight to Florida, though the company said they ignored safety rules. Chana and Yisroel Beck and their three infant children boarded the flight to Fort Lauderdale Tuesday from Newark Airport, the New York Post reported Thursday….
New York is in the middle of the largest measles outbreak in the state’s recent history, CNN reported. The outbreak, which began in September, has been found in at least 112 people throughout Rockland and Orange counties, home to several ultra-Orthodox enclaves. Fifty-five cases have been confirmed elsewhere in New York City, according to the…
(JTA) — The Hasidic community of Kiryas Joel in New York became what is said to be the first official haredi Orthodox town in the United States. Kiryas Joel on Jan.1 became the town of Palm Tree when it officially split from the Town of Monroe located in New York’s Orange County, the Times Herald-Record…
חוה ראָזענפֿאַרב און זעניע לאַרסאָן זענען געווען נאָענטע חבֿרטעס ביז זעניע האָט פּובליקירט זייערע בריוו אין 1971.
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