New York City
An empty Shabbat table symbolizing the over 200 hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, in Times Square, New York City, October 27, 2023. (Luke Tress)
October 27, 2023, 1:09 pm
Shabbat tables in Times Square with 224 empty seats represent hostages held by Hamas
The Israeli-American Council organized the event to push for the release of the hostages and raise awareness of their plight.
By Luke Tress
Penn Station (Photo by Jim Henderson, CC BY 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
November 20, 2022, 10:15 am
2 arrested at Penn Station after NYPD and FBI investigate threat to NYC synagogues
One of the men had traveled to New York City after posting on social media that he might “shoot up a synagogue and die."
By Jacob Henry and Lisa Keys
Close up of the NYPD logo on a police car. (Tim Drivas/Getty)
April 7, 2022, 8:38 am
Hasidic man beaten and Jewish kids threatened with weapons in New York
Attacks were in Williamsburg and on the Upper West Side
By Jacob Henry
The lime green 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air used on the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Sites Tour. (Jackie Hajdenberg)
March 16, 2022, 1:22 pm
A guided tour of ‘Mrs. Maisel’ locations celebrates 1950s Manhattan
One of the stops is the location of the original Gaslight Cafe on MacDougal Street in Greenwich Village, where Midge begins her venture into standup comedy.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Miriam, a new Israeli restaurant on the Upper West Side, seen here in a photograph shared by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine, was vandalized with antisemitic graffiti, Feb. 17, 2022. (Twitter)
February 17, 2022, 8:54 pm
‘F— Jews’ sprayed outside Israeli restaurant on Upper West Side
22 hate crimes against Jews reported in NYC so far in 2022
By Lisa Keys
A man walks past an Orthodox yeshiva in Brooklyn, Sept. 29, 2020. (Daniel Moritz-Rabson)
August 4, 2021, 9:57 pm
New documentary tackles debate over secular education in New York City yeshivas
The film's director wants viewers “to ask themselves what we owe children.”
By Shira Hanau
Heshy Tischler, at center, was arrested Sunday night, four days after cornering a reporter during a protest in Borough Park, Brooklyn. (Screenshot from WhatsApp via JTA)
October 12, 2020, 3:06 pm
Brooklyn’s Heshy Tischler arrested, followers mob home of reporter he targeted
Tischler was arrested for inciting a riot in Borough Park, cornering journalist Jacob Kornbluh and accusing him of being a "moser," or informant.
By Philissa Cramer
Sarah Levine. Photo courtesy of Sarah Levine
May 13, 2020, 3:39 pm
COVID nurse shares observations from New York City
For months, Sarah Levine has seen the "wild" course of COVID-19.
By Adam Reinherz
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