‘Next year in Gracie Mansion’: Where Jewish NYC mayoral candidates will do Seder
Brad Lander, Scott Stringer and Whitney Tilson share holiday plans, as they court Orthodox voters
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With Jewish voters playing a key role, Andrew Cuomo, Brad Lander and Scott Stringer clash over Israel policy and pro-Palestinian activism
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Politics Who is Brad Lander, who just jumped in the New York City mayor’s race?
A Lander primary campaign could split the city’s large population of Jewish Democratic voters at a time when antisemitism has spiked in New York, and when the streets have been filled with protests over the Israel-Hamas war
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Culture A Palestinian restaurant faced a flood of online abuse — so its owners hosted Shabbat for 1,300 guests
At Ayat, a Brooklyn mainstay of Palestinian cuisine, there is such a thing as a free dinner
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News Jewish progressive group endorses Brad Lander in NYC comptroller race
Brad Lander, a candidate for comptroller of New York City, is expected to receive the endorsement of a leading Jewish progressive group on Thursday. Lander is in a crowded race to become the city’s chief fiscal watchdog in the June 22 Democratic primary. Lander, a Brooklyn Councilmember, is the first citywide candidate to be endorsed…
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News Brad Lander Is Face Of Anti-Trump Resistance — And Keeps Brooklyn Orthodox Happy Too
Two hours before half the liberal Jews in Brooklyn were set to turn up at a local synagogue to learn how to resist President Trump, things were feeling a bit precarious at the offices of the city councilman who was organizing the whole thing. “Did you hear anything?” Rachel Goodman asked. Goodman is chief of…
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News 1,200 Anti-Trump Activists Pack Park Slope Synagogue
In a packed synagogue in Park Slope, Brooklyn Monday night, activists gathered to organize against Donald Trump. The sanctuary of the 1,200-seat Congregation Beth Elohim was packed; a long line of attendees snaked down the front steps and around the corner. “The level of showing up that people are doing… It’s powerful and it feels…
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Fast Forward Park Slope Synagogue Becomes Center of Anti-Trump Activism
Brooklyn activists filled a Park Slope synagogue January 16 to organize opposition to the incoming Donald Trump administration. Organizers estimated that hundreds of activists attended the meeting, held in the sanctuary of Congregation Beth Elohim, a Reform congregation. Called #getorganizedbk, the group was founded in November by New York City Councilman Brad Lander, who represents…
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