New York

New York is a state within the United States and is one of the original 13 colonies that formed the country following the American Revolution. Nicknamed "The Empire State," New York is the 27th largest state by area and the fourth largest by population. It is also the third most economically prosperous state by GDP, behind only California and Texas. Its capital city is Albany and its largest city is New York City, which is also the largest city in the US. 

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 An Iberojet airplane, to be operated by Arkia for the TechAir round-trip flights to

New hi-tech airline to operate direct NY-Tel Aviv flight with Arkia

The flights will launch on February 8 and continue through May three times per week, costing $1,199 for a round-trip flight, including luggage, two meals, and drinks.

New York City comes second, Chicago third. Which city is the world's traffic jam capital for 2024?

London ranks first among European cities and fourth worldwide, with an average time loss of 101 hours. Paris ranks sixth globally, with drivers spending an average of 97 hours in traffic jams.

A Jewish gravestone with symbolic rocks, portrayed as newspaper clippings

What an obituary writer learned by saying goodbye to hundreds of people

All of us deserve an image that says who we are and were, and not a low-resolution snap from an old yearbook or a blurry vacation photo.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
08/01/2025

Solomon Schechter school embodied a bygone American, Zionist, NY Jewish dream

American Jewry is diversifying demographically. It’s no longer the overwhelmingly Democratic and Eastern European community of my youth. Just look how many Queens Jews voted for Donald Trump.

By GIL TROY/JTA
08/01/2025

Peter Yarrow, Jewish musician and activist of Peter, Paul and Mary fame, dies at 86

Yarrow wrote the music for the Peter, Paul and Mary's best-known composition, “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” with lyrics by his Cornell classmate Leonard Lipton.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL / JTA
08/01/2025

US Supreme Court declines to halt Trump's sentencing in New York hush money case

The court acted after NY's top court rejected Trump's request to halt sentencing. NY prosecutors made a filing at the Supreme Court on Thursday morning, opposing Trump's bid for a stay.

By REUTERS
07/01/2025
 Mourners accompany a hearse bearing the body of Rabbi Jacob Joseph on the Lower East Side

The Lower East Side anti-Jewish riot that changed the way Jews do politics

In 1902, an anti-Jewish riot at a rabbi's funeral in NYC left 196 mourners injured but sparked a wave of Jewish political activism, setting a precedent for organized resistance against antisemitism.

By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
05/01/2025

Some 11 people wounded in shooting at nightclub in Queens

According to the reports, police forces were present on site. 

Subway attacks: Man found with burns in NYC station week after woman burnt alive

Prosecutors have indicted Guatemalan citizen Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, 33, for the alleged murder of an unknown woman on December 22, according to NBC News.

Famed Jewish record producer Richard Perry dies at 82

Colleagues memorialize one of the main movers of the Los Angeles music and film celebrity world in the 1970s.

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