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Unnecessary and cruel: Using chickens for kapparot on Yom Kippur violates Jewish values – opinion
The practice has invited widespread scrutiny, even from sages, over the inhuman treatment of livestock. Trigger warning: Some readers might find the disclosed descriptions disturbing
Teen slashed in Brooklyn synagogue by 'emotionally disturbed' fellow congregant, NYPD says
New York must heed the warning signs before we ask, 'How did this happen?' - opinion
At least eight shot, including four children, during New York Fourth of July celebrations
Who are the anti-Israel activists on key committees of Mamdani's transition team? - explainer
Waleed Shahid describes himself as a democratic political strategist. He has a track record of mocking Jewish outlets and making anti-Israel comments on social media.
Rabbis, Jewish New Yorkers join Mamdani’s mayoral transition committees
Jewish rabbis and leaders join Zohran Mamdani’s 400-member transition committees ahead of his inauguration as NYC mayor in January.
Ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn man who abused child may see 103-year sentence reduced - NYT
The message Brooklyn's district attorney was sending was that “politics matters more than protecting children,” said Boorey Deutsch, the husband of the woman who Weberman abused when she was a girl.
Vandals graffiti swastikas on Brooklyn Jewish school, sparking outrage, blame
The NYPD became aware of the graffiti on a Magen David Yeshiva school in Brooklyn in the morning after the election.
Zohran Mamdani is not antisemitic, Satmar's Brooklyn leadership says
NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is a liberal muslim, and not antisemitic, Satmar's Williamsburg, Brooklyn, community leadership wrote in newsletter Der Blatt.
As Greenpoint’s Jewish community grows, so does this shul’s Hebrew school
Greenpoint, Brooklyn, an area once lacking in Jewish life, is now becoming a thriving community.
Jewish Holocaust survivor beaten to death, nursing home roommate charged
Nina Kravtsov was from a small Ukrainian town. She was forced into a ghetto with several other family members when her town was invaded.
Luigi Mangione wins dismissal of some counts over killing US health insurance executive
While the killing of Thompson was also widely condemned by public officials across the political spectrum, Mangione has become a folk hero to some Americans who decry steep healthcare costs.
Ahead of election, Brooklyn synagogue demands voter registration to attend High Holiday services
By tying holiday seating to voter registration, Shaare Zion is in effect launching one of the more sweeping Jewish voter-registration campaigns ever attempted by any religious institution in New York
Robert Jay Lifton, pioneering scholar of Nazi doctors and Jewish memory, dies at 99
Robert Jay Lifton, whose work on genocide psychology reshaped Holocaust studies and Jewish thought for decades, died at his home in Massachusetts at 99.
