(JTA) — The suspect in a pipe bomb attack on New York’s Port Authority Bus Terminal said he was motivated by Israeli actions in Gaza, CNN reported. Akayed Ullah spoke with authorities at Bellevue Hospital, where he was taken after the bomb went off prematurely. He was the sole casualty in the attack when his homemade…
Disgraced Subway pitchman Jared Fogle tried to get a judge to overturn his conviction for child pornography by claiming to have no nationality, Courthouse News reported. In a motion filed by a fellow inmate at a prison in Colorado, Fogel claimed that the court had no jurisdiction over him because he was a “sovereign citizen”…
Craig Lenti, of Astoria, Queens, was riding the subway last week when he thought he saw a swastika necklace around one man’s neck. He double- and then triple-checked the man’s pendant: Yes, it was a real swastika necklace. “I was disgusted, but I couldn’t believe what I saw, so I walked back and forth past…
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced on Monday that Elon Musk, the inventor and founder of SpaceX, is interested in bidding on a project to link downtown Chicago to O’Hare airport with a high-speed underground train. Musk and his engineers at his drilling firm, The Boring Company, may be going to Chicago soon to explore possibilities…
There are a few common descriptors (or criticisms, however you want to read it) for the work of Jewish-American artist Alex Katz – that it’s flat, cartoonish, pop-artish but not in the intellectual (pseudo or otherwise) vein of Warhol and his ilk. These criticism-descriptions all seem fair, but I can’t help but think that, when levied…
Jean Wolfman was left with a cut to the head that required 10 stitches to close after stepping in to prevent a group of subway dancers from harassing an older Jewish couple. According to Wolfman, the dancers started menacing an older man and his wife after the man did not tip them after they did…
The New York City subway isn’t the prettiest spot for photos. But a snap from the F Train highlighting interfaith harmony between Muslims, Jews and Taoists ricocheted around the Internet this week, after being posted to Facebook by city resident Jackie Summers. “A Taoist (me) gives up his seat so a Hasidic couple could sit…
(JTA) — The New York commuter who led several others on a Manhattan subway to clean away anti-Semitic graffiti with hand sanitizer is being honored by the Anti-Defamation League. Jared Nied, 37, will receive ADL’s Stand Up New Yorker Award, which recognizes city residents for taking immediate action to help those being singled out for bigotry,…
100% of profits support our journalism
