‘AIPAC lost its way’: Bill de Blasio says pro-Israel group has become too partisan
In exit interview, the former mayor and congressional candidate reflects on Israel, the Jewish vote and why he’s given up on electoral politics
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(JTA) — The chief of staff for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., is under fire for wearing a T-shirt bearing the image of a Nazi collaborator. Saikat Chakrabarti is seen wearing the green shirt in a video that aired in December on NowThis News about Ocasio-Cortez’s surprise congressional victory the previous month. The shirt features a sketch…
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Fast Forward Kalman Yeger, Who Tweeted ‘Palestine Does Not Exist,’ Loses Seat On Immigration Committee
New York City Councilman Kalman Yeger has been removed from his post in the council’s immigration committee following a tweet in which he wrote, “Palestine does not exist,” The New York Times reported. Yeger, who represents a heavily Orthodox part of Brooklyn, made the remark on Twitter last week, in response to a tweet from…
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Fast Forward Democrats Take Revenge On Simcha Felder, Shut Him Out Of Leadership
They say revenge is a dish best served cold, but sometimes, the best revenge is what you don’t serve at all. The New York state Democratic party has shut Simcha Felder out of any leadership position on the various committees in the Albany statehouse, the New York Post reported. The move is widely seen as…
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Fast Forward Simcha Felder Holds On For Win In Contentious Brooklyn Primary
Brooklyn State Senator Simcha Felder notched a victory over liberal challenger Blake Morris in a primary focused on Felder’s role as a Republican-friendly kingmaker in Albany. Felder, who faced criticism after he held up the state budget in an effort to lessen yeshiva oversight and then continued to caucus with Republicans, garnered more than 60%…
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News Nasty Ads Drop (Gasp!) The ‘L-Word’ As Primary Roils Orthodox Brooklyn Over High Holidays
The full-page spread in the Flatbush Jewish Journal, a Brooklyn community newspaper, screamed that traditional Jewish education could be destroyed if unnamed “liberals” get their way. The anonymous ad, which hit the streets just as observant Jews prepared to go offline for the Rosh Hashanah holiday, apocalyptically warned that yeshiva school buses, $5 million in…
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Opinion The Media Shaming Of Julia Salazar
Julia Salazar is probably the most talked-about candidate for state Senate in recent New York history. But how the 27-year-old, first-time, socialist candidate, whose North Brooklyn district goes to the polls Thursday, became a household name, is a sorry tale of a media frenzy that has completely eclipsed the office she’s seeking. Some of it…
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Oct 2, 2022
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A Sukkah, IMKHA, created by artist Tobi Kahn, for the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan is an installation consisting of 13 interrelated sculpted painted wooden panels, constituting a single work of art. Join for a panel discussion with Rabbi Joanna Samuels, Chief Executive Director of the Marlene Meyerson JCC of Manhattan, Talya Zax, Innovation Editor of the Forward, and Tobi Kahn, Artist. Moderated by Mattie Kahn.