NEW YORK (JTA) — Rep. Jerry Nadler, a graduate of the Crown Heights Yeshiva who represents one of the country’s most Jewish congressional districts and is the co-founder of the congressional Israel Working Group, likely never expected to be called anti-Israel. But the 12-term incumbent’s Democratic primary challenger, Oliver Rosenberg, a gay Yeshiva University graduate, […]
Israel’s presence at Sunday’s annual New York Gay Pride Parade was a meaningful act of solidarity with the victims of the Orlando massacre, highlighting the message that terrorism and hatred will not win, a spokesman for Israel’s Consulate General in New York told The Algemeiner on Monday. “This year, the float was particularly important to […]
Gay Syrian refugee who escaped persecution grand marshals the event. New York kicked off Sunday what organizers hope will be the city’s largest ever Gay Pride march, honoring the 49 people killed in the Orlando nightclub massacre and celebrate tolerance. Police lined the route down Fifth Avenue, which started in Midtown and culminates in Greenwich […]
(JNS.org) Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani on Thursday visited the facility of Leket Israel, one of the Jewish state’s largest food rescue and redistribution operations. The visit came on the heels of Leket Israel’s release of a first-of-its-kind study on food waste in Israel. The report found that more than 2.5 million tons […]
Gary Turkel, a 41-year-old businessman, disappeared off the coast of New York’s Long Island. (LinkedIn) NEW YORK (JTA) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Jewish man who disappeared off the coast of New York’s Long Island, but a local safety patrol is continuing to look for him. On Tuesday, the Coast […]
Over the last 30 years, efforts have been made to showcase Israeli cinema in a variety of venues. As the art houses that were prevalent across America slowly disappeared and commercial theaters remained reluctant to exhibit subtitled movies, it became harder and harder to see Israeli movies here. In the rare case when an […]
Governor Cuomo Signs First-in-the-Nation Executive Order Directing Divestment of Public Funds Supporting BDS Campaign Against Israel Governor Cuomo issues Executive Order No. 157 directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today issued Executive Order No. 157 directing state entities to divest […]
The sublime art of Barnett Newman By Richard Mather… The problem of a painting is physical and metaphysical, the same as I think life is physical and metaphysical – Barnett Newman Barnett Newman was born in 1905 to Abraham and Anna Newman, Jewish immigrants from Poland who came to New York City in 1900. Although […]
Photo Credit: Meir Jeret A group of 6 ElderHearts, Lev Leytzan’s troupe of professional medical clowns dedicated to serving members of the Alzheimer’s and dementia community, paraded proudly at the NYC Walk To End Alzheimer’s on Sunday. Additional volunteer medical clowns spent the afternoon entertaining at participants at the “kids’ korner”. The Walk is […]
