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Fast Forward New York City Council pushes action on antisemitism, without Mamdani
Jewish lawmakers say they won’t wait for Mayor Zohran Mamdani to define the city’s response to rising antisemitism
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Fast Forward What we know about the car ramming at Chabad-Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn
The incident occurred on a day of celebration in the Chabad community. No one was hurt.
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Fast Forward After punching a rabbi in Queens, suspect charged with hate crime, police say
The incident occurred on Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Fast Forward Jessica Tisch affixes a mezuzah to her NYPD office on International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Tisch, the Jewish police commissioner, has spoken openly and proudly about her Judaism in public appearances
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News Why New York’s Sephardic Jews are more Zionist — and more wary of Mamdani — than their Ashkenazi neighbors
Different histories of exile and migration help explain why some Jews view Mayor Mamdani differently
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News Julie Menin wants to be a bridge in the Mamdani era
The city’s first Jewish City Council speaker says action combating antisemitism requires urgency
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Culture He works at a Holocaust museum by day. How’d he end up in ‘Marty Supreme’?
Before he was cast opposite Timothée Chalamet, Isaac Simon had no acting experience. That helped.
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Fast Forward Mamdani denounces Hamas chants, but his delay draws scrutiny
The New York City mayor’s delayed condemnation of pro-Hamas chants has Jewish New Yorkers — and some allies — wondering what guardrails are in place
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Fast Forward Talarico won’t campaign with Democratic House candidate who wants to open ‘a prison for American Zionists’
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