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Opinion Why Did Netanyahu Appoint Ex-Settler Leader Dani Dayan to New York Post?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to appoint settler leader Dani Dayan, former head of the Council of Settlements, as Consul-General in New York, is a poor choice — and it reveals much of what is so wrong with his administration. Netanyahu seems to have an almost messianic belief that he is the only person…
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Breaking News Jewish Leaders Condemn Hanging of ‘Gruesome’ Black-Faced Purim Doll
NEW YORK — Leaders in the Jewish community of New York’s Rockland County condemned the hanging of a black-faced doll with dreadlocks outside a local home apparently in celebration of Purim. The effigy, which according to a News12 Hudson Valley report Thursday evening was spotted outside a Spring Valley house, angered many African-Americans and others…
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Breaking News Yeshiva U. To Create New Professional School After $25 Million Gift
Yeshiva University is establishing a new graduate program, the Katz School of Graduate and Professional Studies, with a $25 million gift. The donation from Mordecai and Monique Katz was announced by Yeshiva on Monday. The Katz School will offer degrees in fields such as marketing, allied health, community education, data science and cyber security. Programs…
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Breaking News Long Island Jews Relieved as Cops Bust Teen in Swastika Case
A suburban New York teen was arrested for drawing two swastikas on the sidewalk in a heavily Jewish community. The swastikas were discovered earlier this month two blocks apart in Cedarhurst, a town on Long Island. Children who saw the swastikas on the sidewalk on their way to school on March 7 told their parents,…
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News Elite Chabad Yeshiva Says School Is Free of Abuse Despite Newsweek Expose
The Chabad-Lubavitch movement’s premier yeshiva is seeking to assure parents that no sexual or physical abuse is taking place within its walls following a detailed report on allegations of such abuse in the past. “I categorically assure you that there is absolutely no abuse taking place in Oholei Torah that we know of,” Rabbi Sholom…
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Opinion What Jewish Law Says About Crumbling Indian Point Nuclear Plant
What does an ox’s propensity for violence have to do with a leaky nuclear reactor? One is an ancient, Jewish example of negligence; the other is a very contemporary one. But the ethical imperative is the same: When there’s an imminent risk of danger to the public, it’s morally wrong to do nothing. Let’s start…
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Breaking News New York City Council Plans Law To Combat Anti-Semitism at CUNY
Members of the New York City Council’s Jewish caucus are drafting legislation aimed at combating anti-Semitism at the City University of New York. Councilman Mark Levine, who chairs the 14-member caucus, said he expects legislation to be submitted within a month, the New York Post reported Wednesday. The law would require CUNY officials to report…
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Breaking News New York Police Hurt by Anti-Semitic Hate Crimes Suspect
A man suspected of anti-Semitic hate crimes injured two New York police detectives who came to his home to search it. Oliver Vukicevic, 26, lightly injured the two New York Police Department detectives Wednesday at his East Harlem apartment, the New York Daily News reported Thursday. The Anti-Defamation League thanked the detectives from NYPD’s Hate…
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