New York City Jews were ready to unite against anti-Semitism. Then COVID happened.
By BEN SALES NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When 25,000 Jews marched across the Brooklyn Bridge on Jan. 5, Evan Bernstein
The table used to stop Monsey attacker last year is turned into a menorah stand
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When a masked man entered a rabbi’s home in Monsey, on the seventh
Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, renowned Jewish legal authority, dies at 91
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) — Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, one of the most prominent haredi Orthodox rabbis in
At a Long Island ‘Jews for Trump’ rally, Orthodox Jewry’s political contradictions take center stage
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – When Jacob Reich heard that Orthodox Jews would be staging a rally near
I blew the whistle on the planned 10,000 person Satmar wedding. Here’s why.
By NAFTULI MOSTER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – On Saturday night, shortly after observant Jews went back online after Shabbat, Orthodox
After Heshy Tischler is arrested for inciting a riot in Borough Park, his followers mob the home of the reporter he targeted
By PHILISSA CRAMER NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – A dispute that has roiled Borough Park, an Orthodox neighborhood in Brooklyn, took
NY governor imposes new rules on houses of worship, schools and essential businesses
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – It won’t just be schools that close in areas of New York City with
Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman sentenced to more than 6 years in prison for her involvement with Nxivm
By MARCY OSTER (JTA) – Seagram heiress Clare Bronfman was sentenced to more than six years in prison for her involvement
COVID positivity rates spike in Orthodox neighborhoods in New York City, with large weddings eyed as a culprit
By SHIRA HANAU NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – Fears about a second wave of coronavirus cases in New York City’s Orthodox
This rabbi spent 4 months on a ventilator and endured 4 collapsed lungs from COVID-19
By PENNY SCHWARTZ NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – At a moment when the world could use a dose of hope, along