Rabbi Shais Rishon, an Orthodox anti-racism advocate, is turning his gaze to Jewish texts
By JOSEFIN DOLSTEN NEW YORK CITY (JTA) – In the first chapter of Rabbi Shais Rishon’s new Torah commentary, the voices
Skidmore College grants trial period to pro-Israel student club after initial rejection
(JNS) – New York’s Skidmore College in Saratoga Springshas granted a proposed pro-Israel student club a trial period a week
DC Report: Cuomo seems to be a goner
DC Report By Douglas Bloomfield Scandals have a way of metastasizing, especially when caused by self-inflicted wounds. It’s never just one or two
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