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Why is Israel losing US and international sympathy?

Perhaps our suffering and the Holocaust we endured have bred in us an excess of humanity that has allowed hateful weeds to sprout among the flowers in our beautiful country.

By DAVID BEN-BASAT
22/03/2024

New York mayor accused of sexually assaulting transit co-worker in 1993

Lorna Beach-Mathura alleged that Adams, then a transit officer, assaulted her in his car while parked along the Hudson River after promising her a ride home to discuss her career problems.

By REUTERS
19/03/2024

UWS residents clean up after Effy’s, a neighborhood kosher cafe, is hit with anti-Israel graffiti

The graffiti, which police are investigating as a hate crime, conscripted Effy’s into a growing, dismal club of New York City kosher restaurants that have been vandalized.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
19/03/2024

11-month-old Binyomin Kuravsky was killed by a faulty radiator

The Department of Buildings issued a vacate order for the apartment, and friends have organized a GoFundMe to support relocation, childcare and counseling costs for the Kuravskys and their newborns.

By JACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA
15/03/2024

Pro-Palestine protesters charge The New York Times with genocide inside its lobby

The previous night, at around 1 a.m., pro-Palestinian protesters blocked the drive way of The New York Times printing facility in Queens.

Rabbi sues JetBlue, removed for not sitting next to woman

This incident is not JetBlue's first encounter with accusations of antisemitism.

By WALLA!
11/03/2024

Fashion icon Iris Apfel dead at 102

Apfel devoured life as only she knew how, taking advantage of every opportunity that came her way and never allowing age to become a barrier. 

By TALI ARBEL
03/03/2024
Ari Halberstam

New York City marks 30 years since deadly antisemitic attack on Brooklyn Bridge

The incident took years to be classified as a terror attack, but advocacy by a victim's mother led to the passage of New York State's first counter-terrorism laws.

01/03/2024

Jerry Seinfeld heckled by pro-Palestine protesters in New York City

Seinfeld has been supportive of Israel since October 7 and visited Kibbutz Be’eri in Israel in December to witness the atrocities that occurred there. 

Thousands of Jewish teens fill Times Square, hear from Nova massacre survivors

The event took on special significance this year in light of the ongoing war with Hamas, and the captivity of the 134 hostages held by the terror group in Gaza. 

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