Jacob Kornbluh
Ruth Messinger endorses Scott Stringer for NYC mayor
The former Democratic mayoral nominee described Stringer as a leader who is tested and up to the task.
Most leading NYC mayoral candidates would continue de Blasio’s policy on risky ritual circumcision
Five of the Democratic mayoral candidates told the Forward they would not seek to ban ’metzitzah b’peh’
Interview: Andrew Yang’s friends shaped his understanding of Jewish New Yorkers
In an interview with the Forward, the mayoral frontrunner talks about his special kinship with the Jewish community.
NYC mayoral candidate Dianne Morales calls Israel ‘apartheid state’
Morales called a 2015 sponsored trip to Israel ‘propaganda’ in a conversation with Jewish students last year.
NYC mayoral candidate Eric Adams expands Jewish outreach efforts
The Brooklyn borough president has visited Jewish communities in all of the five boroughs of New York City.
DOJ nominee Kristen Clarke recommits to fighting religious discrimination
Clarke, Biden’s nominee to lead the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, touts career-long record fighting antisemitism at Senate hearing.
‘We couldn’t believe how big it was’: What it was like breaking the Madoff Ponzi scheme
Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, a former CNBC anchor, recalls the moments before breaking the Barnie Madoff arrest on live TV.
Was Cuomo’s expletive comments about Sukkot a slip of the tongue or something more?
During his 2006 run for attorney general, Cuomo reportedly mocked Jews and ‘their f***ing tree houses.’
Andrew Yang visits Borough Park as Orthodox Jewish voters shop for challah and toys on Sabbath eve
Yang toured the neighborhood on a busy Friday as he courts one of the city’s most influential voting blocs.
Jewish groups push back against attacks on Biden’s deputy AG pick on eve of confirmation hearing
Amid GOP attacks, the Jewish Council for Public Affairs sent a letter to the Senate defending Kristen Clarke’s record on antisemitism.