New York

Ritchie Torres challenger takes aim at Bronx 'Zionist millionaires' in campaign video

Political organizer Jose Vega claimed Ritchie Torres was "bought and controlled by Zionist influencers and millionaires" in a new congressional campaign video.

Congressional challenger Jose Vega, left, tells anti-Israel influencer Erik Warsaw that Rep. Ritchie Torres is controlled by "Zionist influencers and millionaires" living in Riverdale, a heavily Jewish Bronx neighborhood.
Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in this image released by the Justice Department in Washington on December 19, 2025 as part of a new trove of documents from its investigations into the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Final Epstein document cache released by US Justice Department, including over 3 million pages

A CAR after ramming into Chabad headquarter doors in New York City.

WATCH: Man drives vehicle into Chabad's New York headquarters, charged with hate crime

Iranian-American journalist, author, and political activist, Masih Alinejad speaks during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on Iran, January 15, 2026; illustrative.

Brooklyn man sentenced to 15 years in Iran-backed plot to kill anti-regime dissident Masih Alinejad


Irving Berlin’s 1926 interfaith marriage sparked a Jewish debate that still hasn’t gone - opinion

For more than a century, interfaith marriage has functioned as a kind of Rorschach test within American Jewish life, alternately framed as an existential threat or a potential avenue for renewal.

Irving Berlin and his wife Ellin Mackay appear in a photograph in the late 1920s. The 1926 marriage between the wildly popular Jewish songwriter and a Catholic heiress was a media sensation.

Mamdani's choice to cancel IHRA antisemitism definition must alarm New York Jews - comment

Jews should start watching the exits when institutions start treating their safety as optional. And especially after the biggest Jewish city outside of Israel made protecting Jews a political matter.

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife Rama Duwaji smile as confetti falls after his ceremonial inauguration as mayor at City Hall Thursday in New York, NY. Mamdani has added a “block party” to the official inauguration events to allow thousands of New Yorkers to take part.

A new era at City Hall: What’s in store for New York’s Jews under Mayor Mamdani? - analysis

Two-thirds of NYC’s Jews did not vote for Mamdani, and many have expressed explicit concern about the new mayor’s actions.

Zohran Mamdani is sworn in as mayor of New York City, flanked by his wife Rama Duwaji and New York Attorney General Letitia James, at Old City Hall Station, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

New year, new mayor: New York rings in 2026 with Zohran Mamadani's inauguration

Mamdani was a trailblazing candidate and is expected by many in his city of 8 million - some with hope, some with trepidation - to be a disruptive mayor.

Zohran Mamdani looks on at Old City Hall Staion on the day he is sworn in as mayor of New York City, New York, US, Thursday, Jan 1st 2026.

Orthodox rabbi Julius Berman, who influenced secular and observant Jewish institutions, dies at 90

His extensive leadership at some of the largest Jewish communal organizations in the United States defined his broader legacy.

Prominent Jewish communal leader Rabbi Julius Berman dies at 90.

The Islamification of Western democracies: The great, dangerous silent takeover - opinion

Europe and America face a quiet yet powerful transformation, reshaping societies through demographics and ideology.

A man holds Irish and Palestinian flags as people protest calling for governments around the world to stop arming Israel during a demonstration in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Dublin, Ireland, June 15, 2024

Israel’s Somaliland recognition shows the real purpose of the Abraham Accords - opinion

Israel’s recognition of Somaliland reflects the Abraham Accords’ focus on survival, stability, and strategic cooperation, not sentiment.

Shmuel Legesse at his wedding at The Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst in Cedarhurst, NY, June 8, 2014.

Newest member of Mamdani's inaugural committee praised people tearing Israeli hostage posters

In a now-deleted X/Twitter post, Lopez responded to a video of two women caught tearing down hostage posters, writing “All I see are heroes.”

 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Winter weather in US Northeast leads to thousands of flight delays, cancellations

People in much of the Northeast were advised to stay off the roads because of treacherous conditions, with states of emergency declared in New York and New Jersey.

A DELTA Air Lines plane prepares to take off during a winter storm at Greater Rochester International Airport in Rochester, New York, US, December 26, 2025, in this screengrab obtained from a social media video.

On Instagram, ‘Rabbinic Fit Check’ is a look book for Jewish clergy

Rabbis Rafi Ellenson and Arielle Stein created Rabbinic Fit Check, an Instagram account dedicated to showcasing the diversity and style of rabbis, clergy members, and Jewish scholars.

Rabbi Rafi Ellenson (L) and Rabbi Arielle Stein (R), the creators of the "Rabbinic Fit Check" Instagram account.