New York City has been subject to the global wave of antisemitic incidents in the wake of the October 7 massacre in Israel.
The demonstration, organized by the anti-Zionist organization Jewish Voice for Peace, was but one of many anti-Israel protests in NYC in the past week.
The often wordless songs are traditionally sung exclusively by men, and are central to the synagogue experience — itself a primarily male domain in the Orthodox tradition.
Authorities are currently investigating the stabbing of a Chabad Jewish man in Crown Heights, New York as a possible hate crime.
His paper, “The moderator–mediator variable distinction in social psychological research,” remains the most cited paper in the history of psychology.