NYU Hospital Accuses Hasidic Group Of ‘Counterproductive’ Role With Patients
One of this city’s largest hospitals has accused a Hasidic group that visits sick patients of lying about the hospital’s policy.
Is Simcha Felder Getting In Way Of Andrew Cuomo’s White House Dream?
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has major name recognition and a profile he potentially hopes to parlay into a 2020 bid for president of the United States.
Starbucks Denies Demoting ADL From Anti-Bias Training
“I can’t emphasize enough that they were not demoted,” spokesman Reggie Borges said. “The ADL remains a key component of our plans.”
Brooklyn Synagogue Pulls Cash From Chase In Climate Change Protest
Congregation Kolot Chayeinu in Brooklyn’s Park Slope neighborhood is removing its savings from JPMorgan Chase.
This Passover, Check Out The Exodus Secrets In The Met’s Egyptian Wing
An ultra-Orthodox tour guide offers tours of the Met’s — through the unique lens of the exodus story.
Germany Recognizes Algerian Jews As Holocaust Survivors
Algerian Jews had their French citizenship stripped by the Vichy government, and laws banned Jews from working as doctors, lawyers and teachers.
The Faces Of The First Palestinians Born Under Occupation
“If you can’t bring the people, you can at least bring their pictures.”
What A Controversial Palestinian Play Can Teach Us About Art As Resistance
Critics of the play have included the ADL, World Jewish Congress and the director of NYU’s Taub Center for Israel Studies.
White House Stonewalls Jewish Immigration Agency
It was a busy day for Hetfield the day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order banning all refugees from any country for 120 days and all immigration from war-gutted Syria permanently. Trump also barred entry of Muslims from seven countries for 90 days. Hetfield had to deal with the impact of the order – “a cruel, vicious act,” he called it – on this particular family, whose name he declined to share to protect their safety.
Is Fight Against Donald Trump Sparking New Movement of #JewishResistance?
(Haaretz) — When 50 members of the grassroots protest group If Not Now arrived at UJA-Federation of New York in the late afternoon gloom last Monday, they were met by a scrum of police and security officers barring their entry into the building.
