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The ‘essential conference’ for Jewish professionals: This year’s Jewish Digital Summit tackles AI, brand building and more

February 20, 2025February 20, 2025Sara Wood

70 Faces Media, the parent company of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, will hold a three-day online conference next week for people in the Jewish professional world looking to boost their online presence, marketing skills and knowledge of industry-leading technology. The Jewish Digital Summit 2025, slated for Feb. 25-27, will consist of 40 one-hour sessions, on […]

Eric Adams stands by comparing calls for his resignation to ‘Mein Kampf’

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025Sara Wood

Saying his words were misconstrued, New York City Mayor Eric Adams stood by his statement comparing demands that he resign to “Mein Kampf.” The increasingly embattled mayor made the reference to Adolf Hitler’s manifesto during an appearance in Brooklyn on Monday while he was discussing calls for his resignation. “If you tell a lie long […]

Washington University in St. Louis has quietly opened its doors to Jewish students leaving uncomfortable campuses

February 19, 2025February 20, 2025Sara Wood

During Lauren Eckstein’s freshman year at Pomona College, her grandparents pledged $1.2 million to the private school toward a scholarship to support refugee students. They gave the money, a press release said at the time, in honor of their family’s own refugee background, having fled antisemitism in Europe. That was in December 2022. Less than […]

2 NYC yeshivas are not meeting standards and must effectively close, state rules

February 19, 2025February 19, 2025Sara Wood

The New York State Education Department is cutting off public funding to two Brooklyn yeshivas and ordering parents to find alternative educational arrangements for their children next year, citing the schools’ failure to meet secular education standards. It’s the most significant set of consequences faced by any school in the ongoing fight between education officials […]

Brawls break out surrounding pro-Palestinian protest in heavily Jewish neighborhood of Borough Park

February 19, 2025February 21, 2025Sara Wood

A pro-Palestinian protest in the heavily Jewish New York City neighborhood of Borough Park descended into brawls and epithets Tuesday night as demonstrators clashed with pro-Israel counterprotesters. Police said one person, named as Anthony Frausto, was charged with third-degree assault for punching someone in the face at the scene. The clashes were the latest to […]

More than 50 NY rabbis implore Eric Adams and Kathy Hochul to oppose mass deportations

February 18, 2025February 18, 2025Sara Wood

More than 50 rabbis and cantors, including leaders of some of New York City’s most prominent synagogues, signed an open letter Tuesday asking Mayor Eric Adams and New York Gov. Kathy Hochul to protect immigrants from the Trump administration’s planned mass deportations. The letter, the latest in a succession of recent statements by Jewish leaders […]

Florida man arrested after shooting 2 Israelis he thought were Palestinians

February 17, 2025February 17, 2025Sara Wood

Police in Miami Beach have arrested a Jewish man who shot at two people in a car, thinking they were Palestinian. They were actually Israeli tourists. The man, Mordechai Brafman, 27, opened fire on the two men Saturday night, firing 17 shots. Local reports say he told police that “while he was driving his truck, […]

Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

February 14, 2025February 14, 2025Sara Wood

Last month, the Supreme Court agreed to weigh in on the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School — what would be the country’s first religious charter school. The case has all the hallmarks of a blockbuster church-state case, addressing the constitutionality of publicly funded religious education and potentially opening the door […]

Danielle Sassoon, interim US attorney, resigns after being ordered to drop Eric Adams case

February 13, 2025February 13, 2025Sara Wood

Danielle Sassoon, the interim U.S. attorney in Manhattan, has resigned after the Justice Department ordered her to drop the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams. Sassoon was one of a few top officials to resign over the order on Thursday, which she did not carry out. Also stepping down are the heads […]

Linda McMahon, Trump’s education secretary pick, says she’ll fight antisemitism — but offers few specifics

February 13, 2025February 14, 2025Sara Wood

At her confirmation hearing Thursday, Linda McMahon made clear she expected to face questions about how she would combat campus antisemitism as secretary of education. “If I am confirmed, the department will not stand idly by while Jewish students are attacked and discriminated against,” McMahon told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee during […]