This is the Forward’s coverage of the Jewish community in New York state, home to the most Jews of any U.S. state.
See also: New York City
New York State
The Latest
-
Fast Forward Anthony Weiner: Quitting Isn’t ‘How We Roll’
Anthony Weiner, under fire after admitting that he sent lewd pictures to women online long after resigning from Congress over similar behavior, will not exit the New York City mayoral race because quitting “isn’t the way we roll in New York City.” In a video message posted on his campaign website on Tuesday evening, Weiner…
-
Fast Forward Anthony Weiner: Quitting Isn’t ‘How We Roll’
Anthony Weiner, under fire after admitting that he sent lewd pictures to women online long after resigning from Congress over similar behavior, will not exit the New York City mayoral race because quitting “isn’t the way we roll in New York City.” In a video message posted on his campaign website on Tuesday evening, Weiner…
-
News Subway Icon Dr. Jonathan Zizmor Calls Accused Y.U. Abuse Rabbi ‘Best Teacher’
To millions of New Yorkers, Jonathan Zizmor is the don of dermatology. But to some victims of sex abuse, Zizmor is the donor who established a scholarship in their alleged molester’s name. Zizmor, who is renowned across New York City’s five boroughs for his campy subway advertisements promoting cosmetic procedures, gave $250,000 to Yeshiva University…
-
Life Oy! Latest Conspiracy Theory on Huma Abedin
Huma Abedin, woman or Rorschach test? It’s hard to tell these days. When it comes to Huma, everyone’s got a theory, and these theories do more to reveal the particular neuroses of their creators than they do to shed light on what she might actually be going through. New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd claims…
-
News Mom-and-Pop Hasidic Businesses Get Big Boost From Small Financing
Lazer Chaim Zinger washes talleisim. His small storefront on Lee Avenue, in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, looks like any dry cleaner, with a row of tagged plastic-sheathed garments hanging behind the counter. In this Hasidic Jewish neighborhood, however, you have to take your long black coat somewhere else. For $100, Zinger will hand-wash your…
-
Israel News Amare Stoudemire Talks Jewish During Maccabiah Games Visit to Israel
(JTA) — The two Israeli television cameramen awaiting the Canadian basketball team’s arrival at the opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games didn’t hint at the chaos about to envelop Amar’e Stoudemire. The 6-foot-11 forward for the New York Knicks stepped from the chartered bus last Thursday and the cameramen departed, duly satisfied they had captured…
-
News Jack Hidary’s Longshot Bid for New York Mayor Divides Syrian Jews
Jack Hidary, a well-connected tech millionaire, thinks he has a shot at being elected mayor of New York City. But his dark horse quest may tear Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community in two. Hidary, who announced his candidacy in a respectfully reported New York Times story on July 16, is a scion of one of New…
-
Fast Forward Anthony Weiner Faces Pressure From Newspapers To Quit Mayor Race
New York City newspapers called for mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner to bow out of the race on Wednesday after fresh revelations that he had continued sexually charged online chats for more than a year after his resignation from Congress. Weiner, among the front-runners in the race for New York mayor, admitted on Tuesday he had…
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion American Jews have a Hasan Piker problem. Solving it is going to hurt
- 2
News Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s selection as JTS commencement speaker roils graduating class
- 3
Opinion How Israel became a country where teenagers murder each other in cold blood
- 4
Antisemitism Decoded The antisemites are enjoying themselves
In Case You Missed It
-
Opinion Is supporting peace illegal in Israel? A shocking arrest carries a warning
-
Culture The handwriting analysis that convicted Alfred Dreyfus is for sale
-
Yiddish World Yiddish street signs: Commemoration or marginalization?
-
Looking Forward Class assignment: Get to know your murdered Jewish neighbors