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 KANYE WEST has more followers on social media platforms than there are Jews in the entire world.
  Press conference following the arrest of four teenagers who are suspected of having attacked ultra-Orthodox Jews in Monsey, NY earlier in July.

Four arrested on suspicion of crimes targeting Jews in New York

 A member of Chosen People Ministries hands out bibles in New York City.

These Messianic missionaries went from Ukraine to New York

A Jewish man walks near the Monsey antisemitic attack, New York, December 2019.

Monsey stabbing: Jewish leaders, organizations commemorate two years


Bodies of Jerusalem yeshiva student plane crash victims land in US, UK

"Thanks to the activities of ZAKA representatives, Chabad emissaries and benefactors, the families will be able to "bury their loved ones even before Shabbat," ZAKA CEO Dubi Wiesenstern said.

Wreckages of the Ukrainian military Antonov An-26 plane are seen at its crash site outside of Chuhuiv town, Ukraine

Ultra-Orthodox zip codes have some of New York's worst vaccination rates

Monsey in Rockland County boasts the worst, with just 17.8%, while the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Borough Park and Crown Heights are all below average.

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AHUVA SCHWARTZ, 31 - FROM MONSEY TO JERUSALEM, 2012

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Accused Monsey stabber again found unfit to stand trial

Grafton Thomas, now 38, has already been declared unfit to stand trial multiple times.

AN NYPD officer stands guard ahead of gathering in solidarity with the victims of a fatal antisemitic attack in Monsey, New York, during last Hanukkah, December 2019.

Jewish organizations remember victims of Monsey stabbing

As a response to the attack, New York State passed a law called the Josef Neumann Hate Crimes Domestic Terrorism Act, aimed at combating hate crimes.

Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg celebrates with people the arrival of a new Torah at his residence in Monsey, New York, U.S., December 29, 2019

The table used to stop Monsey attacker is turned into a menorah stand

Emblazoned on its sides are the Hebrew words marked on dreidels typically in Israel — “A big miracle happened here.”

A WOMAN holds a hanukkiah during a solidarity rally in Brooklyn on December 29 following the attack in Monsey on Jews who were celebrating the seventh night of Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi.

Monsey stabbing attack suspect declared unfit to stand trial

"I have stated from the very outset that, based upon my investigation, this was not an act of domestic terrorism," said the suspect's attorney.

A Jewish man walks near the area where 5 people were stabbed at a Hasidic rabbi's home in Monsey, New York

The other deadly disease

Every death is a tragedy, but with the ever-mounting number of fatalities from the novel coronavirus one particularly tragic loss last week was largely overlooked.

(From right to left) Congressman Gregory Meeks; Governor Andrew Cuomo, UJA CEO Eric Goldstein; Senator Chuck Schumer; Mayor Bill DeBlasio; US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand; JCRC CEO Michael Miller; and New York State Attorney General Letitia James march against antisemitism across the Brooklyn Bridge.

New York State approves hate crimes act

Cuomo named legislation after Rabbi Josef Neumann, who died after being stabbed at a synagogue in Monsey over Hanukkah.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks at a news conference. New York City, New York, U.S., March 2, 2020

Hate crime law to be named after the rabbi who died in Monsey attack

Rabbi Josef Neumann, 72, went into a coma after the event at Monsey during the Hannukah celebrations last December, and died from his wounds on Sunday.

A WOMAN holds a hanukkiah during a solidarity rally in Brooklyn on December 29 following the attack in Monsey on Jews who were celebrating the seventh night of Hanukkah at the home of a rabbi.

NY Gov. Cuomo renames legislation to honor deceased Monsey stabbing victim

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he is renaming proposed state hate crime legislation in honor of the Monsey stabbing victim who died on Sunday.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo delivers remarks at a news conference. New York City, New York, U.S., March 2, 2020