This is the Forward’s coverage of New York City, the capital of New York state and home to the largest Jewish community outside of Israel.
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News Protesters picket Manhattan synagogue over Israel real estate sale, testing Mamdani and new law
The NYPD kept demonstrators and counterdemonstrators nearly a block away from Park East Synagogue, where a prior protest spurred measures to protect houses of worship
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News Most Jewish voters rate Mamdani poorly, new poll finds
A majority of Jews concerned about rising antisemitism say anti-Zionism is a driving factor as the mayor holds firm on the strategy that got him elected
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News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
Two opposing letters are circulating among undergrads at the college, a bastion of Israel support
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Fast Forward This Jewish feminist has been the NYC’s sanitation department’s official artist for 50 years. A new movie tells her story.
Meet Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the daughter of a rabbi whose "maintenance art" has gotten the documentary treatment
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News Mamdani fails first political test in Manhattan race. Here’s why it matters to Jews
The defeat of a Mamdani-backed candidate strengthens the City Council’s effort to pass bill handling protests at schools
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Culture A New York Jewish childhood at the Dalton School where privilege met progressivism
Holly Cowan Shulman, who graduated from Dalton in 1961, remembers a fortunate life on the city's East Side
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Fast Forward Long Island father and teen son arrested after investigation into swastika drawn in school bathroom
Police found explosives at the home of a 15-year-old Syosset, New York, teen accused of drawing the graffiti
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News New York City’s top Jewish officials urge Mamdani to recognize Israel’s centrality to Jewish identity
Council Speaker Julie Menin warned that vetoing bills to protect houses of worship could signal Mamdani’s broader disconnect with Jewish constituents
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